In May 2022, Reporters without Borders published their annual results comparing the level of press freedom enjoyed by journalists and media in 180 countries and territories. Several news agencies in my country (Greece) criticized its placement (pos. 108), a substantial drop from the 2021 70th position. To cross-validate the results, I searched for other global indices created by non-governmental organizations assessing the condition of political rights and civil liberties around the world.
The four indices presented below are:
| The World Press Freedom Index by Reporters without Borders |
(press_2021.csv, press_2022.csv) |
| The Freedom in the World annual report by the Freedom House |
Aggregate_Category_and_Subcategory_Scores_FIW_2003-2022.xlsx |
|
The Rule of Law Index by the World Justice Project |
FINAL_2021_wjp_rule_of_law_index_HISTORICAL_DATA_FILE.xlsx |
|
The Corruption Perceptions Index by the Transparency International movement |
CPI2021_GlobalResults&Trends.xlsx |
| Combined Results Table | |
By comparing these four indices, I am hoping to find similar trends pertaining to human rights in each country.
The World Press Freedom Index is published annually by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), an international non-profit and non-governmental organization founded in 1985 in Montpellier (France) by four journalists. RSF's stated mission is safeguarding the right to freedom of information. It assists journalists at risk, training them in digital and physical security, and campaigning to raise public awareness of abuse against journalists securing their safety and liberty. It has consultive status with the United Nations, UNESCO, the Council of Europe, and the International Organization of Francophonie.
The index's ranking is based on a score ranging from 0 to 100, assigned to each country or territory, with 100 representing the best possible score (the highest possible level of press freedom). It is calculated on the basis of two components:
Each country or territory's score is evaluated using five contextual indicators: political context, legal framework, economic context, sociocultural context and safety.
The organization's main page is https://rsf.org/en and you can read World Press Freedom Index presentation, along with its analyses and methodology.
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| Pos. | Countries | Global score | Score pol. | Score eco. | Score legis. | Score soc. | Score secu. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | 1 | Norway | 92.65 | 94.89 | 90.38 | 92.23 | 93.71 | 92.03 |
| 1 | 2 | Denmark | 90.27 | 94.34 | 83.67 | 89.18 | 91.17 | 92.97 |
| 2 | 3 | Sweden | 88.84 | 91.96 | 87.66 | 90.27 | 90.18 | 84.14 |
| 3 | 4 | Estonia | 88.83 | 91.11 | 81.97 | 87.87 | 90.00 | 93.20 |
| 4 | 5 | Finland | 88.42 | 90.40 | 82.03 | 86.64 | 90.77 | 92.26 |
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| 0 | 1 | Admin-0 country | 6 | Albania | ALB | 0 | 2 | Sovereign country | Albania | ALB | ... | Europe | Southern Europe | Europe & Central Asia | 7 | 7 | 4 | -99 | 1 | ALB.geojson | POLYGON ((20.06396 42.54727, 20.10352 42.52466... |
| 1 | 1 | Admin-0 country | 5 | Czech Republic | CZE | 0 | 2 | Sovereign country | Czech Republic | CZE | ... | Europe | Eastern Europe | Europe & Central Asia | 10 | 14 | 8 | -99 | 1 | CZE.geojson | POLYGON ((14.80937 50.85898, 14.89580 50.86138... |
| 2 | 3 | Admin-0 country | 6 | Finland | FI1 | 1 | 2 | Country | Aland | ALD | ... | Europe | Northern Europe | Europe & Central Asia | 5 | 13 | 5 | 5 | -99 | ALA.geojson | MULTIPOLYGON (((20.61133 60.04067, 20.60342 60... |
| 3 | 3 | Admin-0 country | 6 | Andorra | AND | 0 | 2 | Sovereign country | Andorra | AND | ... | Europe | Southern Europe | Europe & Central Asia | 7 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 1 | AND.geojson | POLYGON ((1.70605 42.50332, 1.67852 42.49668, ... |
| 4 | 1 | Admin-0 country | 4 | Austria | AUT | 0 | 2 | Sovereign country | Austria | AUT | ... | Europe | Western Europe | Europe & Central Asia | 7 | 7 | 5 | -99 | 1 | AUT.geojson | POLYGON ((16.95312 48.59883, 16.94883 48.58857... |
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'Brunei': ['Brunei Darussalam', 'Federated States of Micronesia'],
'Cabo Verde': ['Cape Verde', 'Macao'],
'Congo-Brazzaville': ['Democratic Republic of the Congo'],
'Democratic Republic of Congo': ['Democratic Republic of the Congo',
'Republic of Congo'],
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'Gambia': ['The Gambia', 'Guam'],
'Guinea Bissau': ['Guinea-Bissau', 'Nauru'],
'Haïti': ['Haiti', 'Kiribati'],
'Ivory Coast': ["Côte d'Ivoire", 'Haiti'],
'Laos': ['Lao PDR', 'Barbados'],
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'North Korea': ['Republic of Korea', 'Northern Mariana Islands'],
'North Macedonia': ['Macedonia', 'New Caledonia'],
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/tmp/ipykernel_9188/508993371.py:10: UserWarning: Boolean Series key will be reindexed to match DataFrame index. temp = press_index_prev[press_index.Country == 'Morocco'].copy()
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| Pos. | Country | Global Score | Political | Economic | Legislation | Sociocultural | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 92.65 | 94.89 | 90.38 | 92.23 | 93.71 | 92.03 |
| 2 | Denmark | 90.27 | 94.34 | 83.67 | 89.18 | 91.17 | 92.97 |
| 3 | Sweden | 88.84 | 91.96 | 87.66 | 90.27 | 90.18 | 84.14 |
| 4 | Estonia | 88.83 | 91.11 | 81.97 | 87.87 | 90.00 | 93.20 |
| 5 | Finland | 88.42 | 90.40 | 82.03 | 86.64 | 90.77 | 92.26 |
| 6 | Ireland | 88.30 | 89.24 | 79.08 | 85.09 | 92.50 | 95.58 |
| 7 | Portugal | 87.07 | 91.86 | 77.41 | 84.21 | 93.14 | 88.73 |
| 8 | Costa Rica | 85.92 | 81.62 | 72.96 | 87.72 | 92.50 | 94.78 |
| 9 | Lithuania | 84.14 | 87.01 | 72.16 | 84.46 | 89.71 | 87.37 |
| 10 | Liechtenstein | 84.03 | 80.36 | 68.78 | 84.74 | 89.80 | 96.46 |
| 11 | New Zealand | 83.54 | 90.15 | 75.26 | 74.78 | 89.75 | 87.76 |
| 12 | Jamaica | 83.35 | 74.85 | 71.94 | 82.46 | 95.00 | 92.52 |
| 13 | Seychelles | 83.33 | 80.45 | 69.13 | 85.31 | 90.25 | 91.50 |
| 14 | Switzerland | 82.72 | 90.00 | 68.37 | 80.99 | 88.33 | 85.92 |
| 15 | Iceland | 82.69 | 86.21 | 65.56 | 82.68 | 87.50 | 91.50 |
| 16 | Germany | 82.04 | 87.03 | 80.07 | 87.08 | 89.47 | 66.58 |
| 17 | Timor-Leste | 81.89 | 85.45 | 68.71 | 85.96 | 75.67 | 93.65 |
| 18 | Namibia | 81.84 | 72.97 | 69.80 | 82.98 | 91.60 | 91.84 |
| 19 | Canada | 81.74 | 82.27 | 71.17 | 80.26 | 92.00 | 82.99 |
| 20 | Czech Republic | 80.54 | 79.66 | 61.56 | 84.21 | 88.44 | 88.81 |
| 21 | Luxembourg | 79.81 | 82.94 | 66.33 | 72.93 | 88.71 | 88.14 |
| 22 | Latvia | 79.17 | 78.96 | 64.58 | 80.89 | 87.36 | 84.06 |
| 23 | Belgium | 78.86 | 75.03 | 71.22 | 79.30 | 87.40 | 81.35 |
| 24 | United Kingdom | 78.71 | 80.57 | 72.75 | 76.63 | 84.29 | 79.33 |
| 25 | Trinidad and Tobago | 78.68 | 73.94 | 67.86 | 74.56 | 84.50 | 92.52 |
| 26 | France | 78.53 | 79.85 | 67.86 | 86.51 | 89.38 | 69.05 |
| 27 | Slovakia | 78.37 | 71.44 | 67.98 | 82.02 | 86.38 | 84.01 |
| 28 | Netherlands | 77.93 | 86.30 | 82.86 | 87.28 | 86.10 | 47.09 |
| 29 | Argentina | 77.28 | 76.36 | 51.53 | 90.68 | 85.75 | 82.06 |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 76.90 | 71.52 | 62.24 | 85.96 | 92.00 | 72.79 |
| 31 | Austria | 76.74 | 77.82 | 61.43 | 78.95 | 81.20 | 84.29 |
| 32 | Spain | 76.71 | 72.73 | 63.38 | 82.16 | 81.89 | 83.40 |
| 33 | Bhutan | 76.46 | 78.79 | 62.24 | 70.39 | 77.00 | 93.88 |
| 34 | Guyana | 76.41 | 70.06 | 67.76 | 75.61 | 81.40 | 87.21 |
| 35 | South Africa | 75.56 | 75.96 | 62.59 | 84.36 | 82.50 | 72.39 |
| 36 | Cape Verde | 75.37 | 72.55 | 62.76 | 77.98 | 75.40 | 88.16 |
| 37 | Côte d'Ivoire | 74.46 | 74.89 | 58.45 | 75.94 | 81.43 | 81.60 |
| 38 | Taiwan | 74.08 | 74.78 | 51.88 | 79.01 | 77.69 | 87.02 |
| 39 | Australia | 73.77 | 77.17 | 63.44 | 64.18 | 84.17 | 79.88 |
| 40 | Moldova | 73.47 | 70.15 | 47.83 | 83.00 | 85.88 | 80.48 |
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 73.12 | 78.99 | 67.69 | 75.58 | 87.83 | 55.52 |
| 42 | United States | 72.74 | 72.99 | 59.33 | 77.32 | 81.43 | 72.63 |
| 43 | South Korea | 72.11 | 71.15 | 55.31 | 72.81 | 79.80 | 81.50 |
| 44 | Uruguay | 72.03 | 70.30 | 49.32 | 83.63 | 72.33 | 84.58 |
| 45 | Samoa | 71.39 | 61.82 | 56.12 | 64.91 | 85.00 | 89.12 |
| 46 | Sierra Leone | 71.03 | 73.71 | 50.38 | 78.40 | 77.50 | 75.14 |
| 47 | Belize | 70.67 | 70.00 | 52.04 | 63.60 | 82.00 | 85.71 |
| 48 | Croatia | 70.42 | 68.26 | 50.46 | 79.19 | 76.09 | 78.08 |
| 49 | Tonga | 69.74 | 69.70 | 53.06 | 66.67 | 69.50 | 89.80 |
| 50 | The Gambia | 69.25 | 71.11 | 51.36 | 67.69 | 81.33 | 74.74 |
| 51 | Armenia | 68.97 | 66.26 | 44.44 | 77.88 | 76.33 | 79.91 |
| 52 | Suriname | 68.95 | 67.88 | 55.10 | 62.28 | 84.00 | 75.51 |
| 53 | Andorra | 68.79 | 68.12 | 50.41 | 69.12 | 68.80 | 87.48 |
| 54 | Slovenia | 68.54 | 59.32 | 47.70 | 79.11 | 79.94 | 76.61 |
| 55 | OECS | 68.49 | 62.91 | 48.37 | 68.25 | 79.80 | 83.13 |
| 56 | Romania | 68.46 | 66.77 | 46.77 | 76.46 | 81.67 | 70.63 |
| 57 | North Macedonia | 68.44 | 66.16 | 43.71 | 81.29 | 73.17 | 77.85 |
| 58 | Italy | 68.16 | 65.89 | 47.52 | 73.93 | 80.00 | 73.48 |
| 59 | Niger | 67.80 | 62.30 | 46.73 | 71.75 | 76.50 | 81.69 |
| 60 | Ghana | 67.43 | 66.61 | 47.22 | 81.42 | 79.64 | 62.25 |
| 61 | Kosovo | 67.00 | 64.34 | 45.24 | 80.85 | 74.33 | 70.26 |
| 62 | Papua New Guinea | 66.66 | 62.42 | 45.24 | 66.08 | 81.33 | 78.23 |
| 63 | Montenegro | 66.54 | 62.51 | 47.67 | 77.19 | 71.00 | 74.33 |
| 64 | Mauritius | 66.07 | 55.58 | 47.81 | 64.16 | 80.29 | 82.50 |
| 65 | Cyprus | 65.97 | 61.21 | 42.09 | 74.56 | 65.75 | 86.25 |
| 66 | Poland | 65.64 | 50.95 | 57.41 | 68.95 | 82.53 | 68.33 |
| 67 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65.64 | 61.56 | 40.23 | 79.57 | 71.86 | 74.95 |
| 68 | Ecuador | 64.61 | 60.10 | 55.44 | 67.98 | 69.50 | 70.03 |
| 69 | Kenya | 64.59 | 62.42 | 46.33 | 72.28 | 78.00 | 63.92 |
| 70 | Haiti | 64.55 | 59.60 | 50.34 | 72.22 | 80.67 | 59.91 |
| 71 | Japan | 64.37 | 54.66 | 53.70 | 66.23 | 67.06 | 80.19 |
| 72 | Kyrgyzstan | 64.25 | 59.90 | 48.64 | 68.86 | 69.00 | 74.83 |
| 73 | Senegal | 63.07 | 59.31 | 42.13 | 66.67 | 72.43 | 74.84 |
| 74 | Panama | 62.78 | 54.24 | 47.45 | 64.04 | 74.00 | 74.15 |
| 75 | Liberia | 62.77 | 55.50 | 32.80 | 74.69 | 82.57 | 68.30 |
| 76 | Nepal | 62.67 | 59.80 | 40.14 | 66.08 | 77.33 | 69.99 |
| 77 | Peru | 61.75 | 66.97 | 41.84 | 70.61 | 63.00 | 66.35 |
| 78 | Malta | 61.55 | 46.82 | 41.33 | 67.98 | 74.75 | 76.87 |
| 79 | Serbia | 61.51 | 47.47 | 34.92 | 79.92 | 74.22 | 71.03 |
| 80 | Malawi | 61.40 | 55.76 | 38.44 | 78.07 | 67.67 | 67.08 |
| 81 | Northern Cyprus | 61.08 | 56.48 | 38.78 | 69.82 | 60.20 | 80.14 |
| 82 | Chile | 60.61 | 65.03 | 42.86 | 67.63 | 72.40 | 55.15 |
| 83 | Comoros | 60.16 | 56.36 | 50.26 | 59.98 | 75.63 | 58.56 |
| 84 | Guinea | 59.82 | 59.26 | 47.05 | 71.15 | 70.67 | 50.96 |
| 85 | Hungary | 59.80 | 47.07 | 32.31 | 67.25 | 67.33 | 85.03 |
| 86 | Israel | 59.62 | 65.15 | 55.10 | 53.51 | 77.75 | 46.61 |
| 87 | Maldives | 59.55 | 62.27 | 38.27 | 67.11 | 55.00 | 75.12 |
| 88 | Lesotho | 59.39 | 57.37 | 40.14 | 57.31 | 74.00 | 68.11 |
| 89 | Georgia | 59.30 | 52.42 | 46.43 | 80.79 | 75.50 | 41.34 |
| 90 | Mongolia | 59.17 | 55.48 | 36.18 | 60.37 | 69.55 | 74.27 |
| 91 | Bulgaria | 59.12 | 54.95 | 30.10 | 68.71 | 66.83 | 75.02 |
| 92 | Guinea-Bissau | 58.79 | 51.15 | 50.82 | 68.42 | 62.40 | 61.18 |
| 93 | Republic of Congo | 58.64 | 58.06 | 48.57 | 64.21 | 62.60 | 59.76 |
| 94 | Tunisia | 58.49 | 61.82 | 41.84 | 67.19 | 70.20 | 51.42 |
| 95 | Botswana | 58.49 | 56.97 | 37.24 | 56.36 | 69.75 | 72.11 |
| 96 | Paraguay | 58.36 | 54.24 | 31.12 | 75.44 | 65.00 | 65.99 |
| 97 | Mauritania | 58.10 | 55.15 | 35.13 | 64.29 | 64.29 | 71.67 |
| 98 | Madagascar | 58.02 | 52.58 | 35.08 | 64.47 | 64.50 | 73.47 |
| 99 | Angola | 57.17 | 52.83 | 35.03 | 61.11 | 73.00 | 63.87 |
| 100 | Togo | 57.17 | 57.52 | 41.73 | 61.93 | 69.50 | 55.15 |
| 101 | Central African Republic | 56.96 | 51.21 | 41.07 | 62.06 | 68.25 | 62.19 |
| 102 | Fiji | 56.91 | 44.85 | 39.80 | 58.33 | 64.00 | 77.55 |
| 103 | Albania | 56.41 | 50.55 | 29.39 | 68.77 | 66.60 | 66.75 |
| 104 | Chad | 56.18 | 55.88 | 43.27 | 60.35 | 63.20 | 58.21 |
| 105 | Gabon | 56.00 | 48.38 | 39.46 | 56.14 | 65.50 | 70.52 |
| 106 | Ukraine | 55.76 | 61.21 | 42.86 | 79.45 | 76.43 | 18.84 |
| 107 | Burundi | 55.74 | 50.03 | 44.67 | 59.55 | 52.78 | 71.66 |
| 108 | Greece | 55.52 | 60.50 | 38.13 | 69.54 | 65.36 | 44.10 |
| 109 | Zambia | 55.40 | 52.35 | 37.76 | 58.33 | 64.00 | 64.55 |
| 110 | Brazil | 55.36 | 51.62 | 37.59 | 69.74 | 70.00 | 47.86 |
| 111 | Mali | 54.48 | 35.15 | 42.60 | 74.34 | 78.50 | 41.81 |
| 112 | El Salvador | 54.09 | 42.94 | 39.07 | 63.22 | 62.86 | 62.37 |
| 113 | Malaysia | 51.55 | 46.52 | 42.60 | 40.13 | 56.00 | 72.48 |
| 114 | Ethiopia | 50.53 | 50.65 | 45.77 | 63.66 | 57.29 | 35.29 |
| 115 | Thailand | 50.15 | 58.99 | 45.24 | 47.37 | 53.67 | 45.50 |
| 116 | Mozambique | 49.89 | 46.06 | 40.31 | 61.62 | 47.25 | 54.21 |
| 117 | Indonesia | 49.27 | 45.91 | 41.33 | 55.70 | 66.00 | 37.42 |
| 118 | Cameroon | 49.10 | 48.05 | 35.71 | 56.89 | 67.57 | 37.25 |
| 119 | Qatar | 49.03 | 59.70 | 46.94 | 43.86 | 42.50 | 52.17 |
| 120 | Jordan | 48.66 | 40.00 | 32.65 | 41.23 | 66.00 | 63.40 |
| 121 | Benin | 48.39 | 47.73 | 28.19 | 57.46 | 55.50 | 53.10 |
| 122 | Kazakhstan | 48.28 | 43.52 | 29.80 | 51.93 | 52.30 | 63.85 |
| 123 | Tanzania | 48.28 | 43.88 | 32.65 | 45.09 | 59.20 | 60.56 |
| 124 | Guatemala | 47.94 | 46.06 | 33.67 | 68.86 | 59.00 | 32.12 |
| 125 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 47.66 | 51.33 | 41.43 | 60.88 | 60.30 | 24.34 |
| 126 | Bolivia | 47.58 | 44.55 | 33.67 | 58.77 | 45.00 | 55.89 |
| 127 | Mexico | 47.57 | 58.18 | 43.37 | 65.79 | 59.50 | 11.02 |
| 128 | South Sudan | 47.06 | 40.48 | 36.73 | 52.11 | 50.60 | 55.37 |
| 129 | Nigeria | 46.79 | 45.15 | 36.39 | 53.80 | 69.83 | 28.75 |
| 130 | Lebanon | 46.58 | 50.91 | 38.27 | 50.22 | 60.50 | 33.02 |
| 131 | Swaziland | 46.42 | 41.31 | 35.03 | 43.86 | 50.50 | 61.40 |
| 132 | Uganda | 46.35 | 44.70 | 36.99 | 60.96 | 56.00 | 33.09 |
| 133 | Uzbekistan | 45.74 | 44.75 | 35.71 | 50.88 | 53.33 | 44.03 |
| 134 | Algeria | 45.53 | 41.21 | 32.40 | 54.17 | 55.88 | 44.02 |
| 135 | Western Sahara | 45.42 | 51.67 | 28.83 | 55.81 | 56.00 | 34.82 |
| 135 | Morocco | 45.42 | 51.67 | 28.83 | 55.81 | 56.00 | 34.82 |
| 136 | Rwanda | 45.18 | 42.12 | 31.89 | 57.89 | 55.25 | 38.76 |
| 137 | Zimbabwe | 44.94 | 40.30 | 32.40 | 54.17 | 54.50 | 43.34 |
| 138 | United Arab Emirates | 44.46 | 45.45 | 36.73 | 32.02 | 50.50 | 57.59 |
| 139 | Singapore | 44.23 | 39.09 | 29.21 | 34.21 | 49.25 | 69.39 |
| 140 | Somalia | 44.01 | 51.03 | 41.22 | 47.72 | 61.80 | 18.27 |
| 141 | Equatorial Guinea | 43.96 | 42.73 | 24.49 | 44.30 | 44.25 | 64.04 |
| 142 | Cambodia | 43.48 | 42.42 | 27.96 | 49.65 | 62.40 | 34.96 |
| 143 | Libya | 43.16 | 54.42 | 34.90 | 44.91 | 45.00 | 36.58 |
| 144 | Brunei Darussalam | 42.53 | 40.61 | 30.61 | 28.51 | 34.00 | 78.91 |
| 145 | Colombia | 42.43 | 44.70 | 32.27 | 60.42 | 50.38 | 24.40 |
| 146 | Sri Lanka | 42.13 | 40.91 | 27.04 | 53.07 | 48.25 | 41.37 |
| 147 | Philippines | 41.84 | 44.44 | 23.13 | 54.97 | 61.83 | 24.83 |
| 148 | Hong Kong | 41.64 | 40.50 | 35.90 | 42.58 | 57.45 | 31.78 |
| 149 | Turkey | 41.25 | 38.38 | 27.55 | 52.92 | 55.00 | 32.37 |
| 150 | India | 41.00 | 40.76 | 30.36 | 57.02 | 56.25 | 20.61 |
| 151 | Sudan | 40.96 | 47.05 | 29.97 | 41.45 | 51.00 | 35.35 |
| 152 | Tajikistan | 40.26 | 33.79 | 29.85 | 48.68 | 46.00 | 42.96 |
| 153 | Belarus | 39.62 | 32.93 | 48.75 | 37.23 | 60.33 | 18.85 |
| 154 | Azerbaijan | 39.40 | 37.66 | 23.76 | 48.25 | 58.86 | 28.48 |
| 155 | Russia | 38.82 | 36.36 | 34.84 | 44.61 | 51.29 | 27.00 |
| 156 | Afghanistan | 38.27 | 44.65 | 43.88 | 42.54 | 43.33 | 16.96 |
| 157 | Pakistan | 37.99 | 39.57 | 31.92 | 53.26 | 47.43 | 17.75 |
| 158 | Kuwait | 37.87 | 32.73 | 19.39 | 36.84 | 27.00 | 73.41 |
| 159 | Venezuela | 37.78 | 33.70 | 31.73 | 44.74 | 47.50 | 31.22 |
| 160 | Nicaragua | 37.09 | 37.45 | 38.78 | 31.75 | 49.80 | 27.68 |
| 161 | Lao PDR | 36.64 | 36.06 | 20.92 | 31.58 | 44.00 | 50.64 |
| 162 | Bangladesh | 36.63 | 42.12 | 32.48 | 44.15 | 48.50 | 15.88 |
| 163 | Oman | 35.99 | 32.73 | 23.98 | 18.42 | 45.00 | 59.82 |
| 164 | Djibouti | 35.75 | 32.73 | 16.12 | 37.72 | 37.60 | 54.56 |
| 165 | Honduras | 34.61 | 33.33 | 31.63 | 36.84 | 31.00 | 40.22 |
| 166 | Saudi Arabia | 33.71 | 37.27 | 33.67 | 22.37 | 36.50 | 38.75 |
| 167 | Bahrain | 30.97 | 35.15 | 21.43 | 28.95 | 39.67 | 29.65 |
| 168 | Egypt | 30.23 | 30.91 | 23.47 | 34.87 | 44.25 | 17.64 |
| 169 | Yemen | 29.14 | 33.03 | 27.55 | 38.60 | 35.00 | 11.54 |
| 170 | Palestine | 28.98 | 35.45 | 15.82 | 36.40 | 36.50 | 20.74 |
| 171 | Syria | 28.94 | 33.51 | 27.62 | 33.58 | 36.57 | 13.39 |
| 172 | Iraq | 28.59 | 34.14 | 20.07 | 29.82 | 40.67 | 18.27 |
| 173 | Cuba | 27.32 | 27.27 | 39.80 | 15.79 | 27.50 | 26.24 |
| 174 | Vietnam | 26.11 | 32.32 | 18.71 | 27.49 | 34.67 | 17.37 |
| 175 | China | 25.17 | 27.45 | 26.02 | 23.25 | 33.30 | 15.84 |
| 176 | Myanmar | 25.03 | 40.40 | 29.25 | 20.18 | 30.67 | 4.63 |
| 177 | Turkmenistan | 25.01 | 25.00 | 11.73 | 29.61 | 23.00 | 35.69 |
| 178 | Iran | 23.22 | 30.71 | 21.32 | 26.71 | 23.78 | 13.61 |
| 179 | Eritrea | 19.62 | 22.22 | 19.73 | 25.15 | 19.67 | 11.36 |
| 180 | North Korea | 13.92 | 22.42 | 0.00 | 22.81 | 12.00 | 12.38 |
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| Pos. | Country | Global Score | Political | Economic | Legislation | Sociocultural | Safety |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway | 92.65 | 94.89 | 90.38 | 92.23 | 93.71 | 92.03 |
| 2 | Denmark | 90.27 | 94.34 | 83.67 | 89.18 | 91.17 | 92.97 |
| 3 | Sweden | 88.84 | 91.96 | 87.66 | 90.27 | 90.18 | 84.14 |
| 4 | Estonia | 88.83 | 91.11 | 81.97 | 87.87 | 90.00 | 93.20 |
| 5 | Finland | 88.42 | 90.40 | 82.03 | 86.64 | 90.77 | 92.26 |
| 6 | Ireland | 88.30 | 89.24 | 79.08 | 85.09 | 92.50 | 95.58 |
| 7 | Portugal | 87.07 | 91.86 | 77.41 | 84.21 | 93.14 | 88.73 |
| 8 | Lithuania | 84.14 | 87.01 | 72.16 | 84.46 | 89.71 | 87.37 |
| 9 | Liechtenstein | 84.03 | 80.36 | 68.78 | 84.74 | 89.80 | 96.46 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 82.72 | 90.00 | 68.37 | 80.99 | 88.33 | 85.92 |
| 11 | Iceland | 82.69 | 86.21 | 65.56 | 82.68 | 87.50 | 91.50 |
| 12 | Germany | 82.04 | 87.03 | 80.07 | 87.08 | 89.47 | 66.58 |
| 13 | Czech Republic | 80.54 | 79.66 | 61.56 | 84.21 | 88.44 | 88.81 |
| 14 | Luxembourg | 79.81 | 82.94 | 66.33 | 72.93 | 88.71 | 88.14 |
| 15 | Latvia | 79.17 | 78.96 | 64.58 | 80.89 | 87.36 | 84.06 |
| 16 | Belgium | 78.86 | 75.03 | 71.22 | 79.30 | 87.40 | 81.35 |
| 17 | United Kingdom | 78.71 | 80.57 | 72.75 | 76.63 | 84.29 | 79.33 |
| 18 | France | 78.53 | 79.85 | 67.86 | 86.51 | 89.38 | 69.05 |
| 19 | Slovakia | 78.37 | 71.44 | 67.98 | 82.02 | 86.38 | 84.01 |
| 20 | Netherlands | 77.93 | 86.30 | 82.86 | 87.28 | 86.10 | 47.09 |
| 21 | Austria | 76.74 | 77.82 | 61.43 | 78.95 | 81.20 | 84.29 |
| 22 | Spain | 76.71 | 72.73 | 63.38 | 82.16 | 81.89 | 83.40 |
| 23 | Moldova | 73.47 | 70.15 | 47.83 | 83.00 | 85.88 | 80.48 |
| 24 | Croatia | 70.42 | 68.26 | 50.46 | 79.19 | 76.09 | 78.08 |
| 25 | Andorra | 68.79 | 68.12 | 50.41 | 69.12 | 68.80 | 87.48 |
| 26 | Slovenia | 68.54 | 59.32 | 47.70 | 79.11 | 79.94 | 76.61 |
| 27 | Romania | 68.46 | 66.77 | 46.77 | 76.46 | 81.67 | 70.63 |
| 28 | North Macedonia | 68.44 | 66.16 | 43.71 | 81.29 | 73.17 | 77.85 |
| 29 | Italy | 68.16 | 65.89 | 47.52 | 73.93 | 80.00 | 73.48 |
| 30 | Montenegro | 66.54 | 62.51 | 47.67 | 77.19 | 71.00 | 74.33 |
| 31 | Poland | 65.64 | 50.95 | 57.41 | 68.95 | 82.53 | 68.33 |
| 32 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65.64 | 61.56 | 40.23 | 79.57 | 71.86 | 74.95 |
| 33 | Malta | 61.55 | 46.82 | 41.33 | 67.98 | 74.75 | 76.87 |
| 34 | Serbia | 61.51 | 47.47 | 34.92 | 79.92 | 74.22 | 71.03 |
| 35 | Hungary | 59.80 | 47.07 | 32.31 | 67.25 | 67.33 | 85.03 |
| 36 | Bulgaria | 59.12 | 54.95 | 30.10 | 68.71 | 66.83 | 75.02 |
| 37 | Albania | 56.41 | 50.55 | 29.39 | 68.77 | 66.60 | 66.75 |
| 38 | Ukraine | 55.76 | 61.21 | 42.86 | 79.45 | 76.43 | 18.84 |
| 39 | Greece | 55.52 | 60.50 | 38.13 | 69.54 | 65.36 | 44.10 |
| 40 | Belarus | 39.62 | 32.93 | 48.75 | 37.23 | 60.33 | 18.85 |
| 41 | Russia | 38.82 | 36.36 | 34.84 | 44.61 | 51.29 | 27.00 |
According to the 2022 edition of the World Press Freedom Index, the five top countries are all located in northern Europe. If we look at the world map we notice that Asian countries are in the worst position except for South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Mongolia, Nepal, Bhutan, Kyrgyzstan, Armenia and Georgia. African countries are mostly ranked higher than Asian countries, particularly in southern Africa, except for Egypt, Libya, Sudan, Eritrea, and Somalia.
In Europe αs I mentioned at the beginning, after the drop of 38 places compared to 2021, Greece is only third to last, worse than all the Balkan countries with Russia and Belarus having the worst score by far. Even in the 2021 ranking, it was only in 30th place out of 41 countries, worse than most countries in the European Union.
According to RSF's report, press freedom in Greece suffered serious setbacks in 2021 and 2022, with journalists regularly prevented from covering issues from migration to Covid-19. Furthermore is noted the assassination of veteran crime reporter Giorgos Karaivaz in April 2021 remains unsolved.
The report notes that Greeks' trust in the media has been consistently one of the lowest in Europe. It highlights a lack of transparency in public funding for media outlets, with a few large private groups like Skai coexisting alongside hundreds of online media outlets, which contributes to the high fragmentation of the media landscape. The overwhelming majority of media is owned by a few individuals who are active also in other, highly-regulated business sectors, with some of them having close ties to the political elite.
The Freedom in the World report has been published since 1973 by the Freedom House, assessing the condition of political rights and civil liberties around the world. It is widely reported in the media and used as a source of research to measure democracy by policymakers, journalists, academics, and activists. The Freedom House is a non-profit organization founded in Washington, D.C. in October 1941 by the U.S. government, contacting research and advocating for democracy, political freedom, and human rights. You can find more information about the Freedom House and its action on its website: https://freedomhouse.org/about-us
Freedom in the World report produces annual scores representing the levels of political rights and civil liberties for 195 countries and 15 territories. External analysts access each country using a combination of on-the-ground research, consultations with local contracts, and information from news articles, non-governmental organizations, governments, and other sources. Expert advisers, regional specialists, and Freedom House staff presents the results based on the analysts' conclusions.
A country or territory is awarded from 0 to 4 points for each of 10 political rights indicators and 15 civil liberties indicators, which take the form of questions. A score of 0 represents the smallest degree of freedom and 4 the greatest degree of freedom. Political rights questions are grouped into four subcategories:
Civil liberties questions are grouped into four subcategories:
The political rights section also contains an additional discretionary question addressing forced demographic change. For the discretionary question, a score of 1 to 4 may be subtracted, as applicable (the worse the situation, the more points may be subtracted). The highest overall score that can be awarded is 100, consisting of 40 points for political rights and 60 points for civil liberties.
For more details about Freedom in the World Research methodology, you can read their report here. Also, here you can download the dataset I will use below.
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| Country/Territory | Edition | A | B | C | Add Q | PR | D | E | F | G | CL | Total | |
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| 0 | Abkhazia | 2022 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 40 |
| 1 | Afghanistan | 2022 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 |
| 2 | Albania | 2022 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 39 | 67 |
| 3 | Algeria | 2022 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 | 32 |
| 4 | Andorra | 2022 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 55 | 93 |
(210, 12)
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'Cabo Verde': ['Cape Verde', 'Macao'],
'Congo (Brazzaville)': ['Democratic Republic of the Congo'],
'Congo (Kinshasa)': ['Democratic Republic of the Congo', 'Cook Islands'],
"Cote d'Ivoire": ["Côte d'Ivoire", 'Cape Verde'],
'Crimea': ['Ashmore and Cartier Islands'],
'Eastern Donbas': ['New Caledonia'],
'Eswatini': ['Swaziland', 'Palestine'],
'Gaza Strip': [],
'Indian Kashmir': ['Indian Ocean Territories'],
'Laos': ['Lao PDR'],
'Maldives': ['Saint Vincent and the Grenadines'],
'Mauritius': ['Saint-Martin'],
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'Sao Tome and Principe': ['São Tomé and Principe',
'Saint Vincent and the Grenadines'],
'Seychelles': [],
'South Ossetia': [],
'St. Kitts and Nevis': ['Saint Kitts and Nevis',
'Saint Vincent and the Grenadines'],
'St. Lucia': ['Saint Lucia', 'United States Virgin Islands'],
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'São Tomé and Principe'],
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'Transnistria': [],
'Tuvalu': [],
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(210, 13)
| Pos. | Country | Total Score | Electoral Process | Political Pluralism | Functioning of Goverment | Discretionary Question | Political Rights Subtotal | Freedom of Expression and Belief | Associational and Organizational Rights | Rule of Law | Personal Autonomy and Individual Rights | Civil Liberties Subtotal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 100 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 60 |
| 2 | Norway | 100 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 60 |
| 3 | Sweden | 100 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 60 |
| 4 | New Zealand | 99 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 59 |
| 5 | Canada | 98 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 58 |
| 6 | Denmark | 97 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 57 |
| 7 | Ireland | 97 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 58 |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 97 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 59 |
| 9 | Netherlands | 97 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 58 |
| 10 | Uruguay | 97 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 57 |
| 11 | Belgium | 96 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 57 |
| 12 | Japan | 96 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 56 |
| 13 | Switzerland | 96 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 39 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 57 |
| 14 | Australia | 95 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 39 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 14 | 56 |
| 15 | Barbados | 95 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 57 |
| 16 | Portugal | 95 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 56 |
| 17 | Chile | 94 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 56 |
| 18 | Estonia | 94 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 56 |
| 19 | Germany | 94 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 39 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 55 |
| 20 | Iceland | 94 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 57 |
| 21 | Taiwan | 94 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 56 |
| 22 | Andorra | 93 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 55 |
| 23 | Austria | 93 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 56 |
| 24 | Cyprus | 93 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 14 | 55 |
| 25 | Dominica | 93 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 56 |
| 26 | Kiribati | 93 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 56 |
| 27 | Marshall Islands | 93 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 55 |
| 28 | San Marino | 93 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 55 |
| 29 | Tuvalu | 93 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 56 |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 93 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 54 |
| 31 | Cape Verde | 92 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 13 | 54 |
| 32 | Federated States of Micronesia | 92 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 55 |
| 33 | Palau | 92 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 13 | 55 |
| 34 | Saint Lucia | 92 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 54 |
| 35 | Bahamas | 91 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 53 |
| 36 | Costa Rica | 91 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 53 |
| 37 | Czech Republic | 91 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 36 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 55 |
| 38 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 91 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 55 |
| 39 | Italy | 90 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 54 |
| 40 | Liechtenstein | 90 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 57 |
| 41 | Slovakia | 90 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 53 |
| 42 | Slovenia | 90 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
| 43 | Spain | 90 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 37 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 53 |
| 44 | France | 89 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 51 |
| 45 | Grenada | 89 | 11 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 52 |
| 46 | Lithuania | 89 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 51 |
| 47 | Malta | 89 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 35 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 54 |
| 48 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 89 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 35 | 16 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 54 |
| 49 | Latvia | 88 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 51 |
| 50 | Belize | 87 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 16 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 53 |
| 51 | Greece | 87 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 50 |
| 52 | Mauritius | 86 | 11 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 12 | 50 |
| 53 | Antigua and Barbuda | 85 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 52 |
| 54 | Croatia | 85 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 49 |
| 55 | Argentina | 84 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 49 |
| 56 | Monaco | 84 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 0 | 27 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 57 |
| 57 | Mongolia | 84 | 11 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 48 |
| 58 | São Tomé and Principe | 84 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 35 | 15 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 49 |
| 59 | Panama | 83 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 35 | 15 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 48 |
| 60 | Romania | 83 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 35 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 48 |
| 61 | Samoa | 83 | 9 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 14 | 12 | 51 |
| 62 | South Korea | 83 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 50 |
| 63 | United States | 83 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 32 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 15 | 51 |
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 82 | 11 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 16 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 49 |
| 65 | Vanuatu | 82 | 10 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 49 |
| 66 | Poland | 81 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 47 |
| 67 | Ghana | 80 | 12 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 35 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 45 |
| 68 | Jamaica | 80 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 46 |
| 69 | Bulgaria | 79 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 46 |
| 70 | Seychelles | 79 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 45 |
| 71 | Solomon Islands | 79 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 49 |
| 72 | South Africa | 79 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 46 |
| 73 | Suriname | 79 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 34 | 15 | 11 | 9 | 10 | 45 |
| 74 | Tonga | 79 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 49 |
| 75 | Namibia | 77 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 31 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 46 |
| 76 | Nauru | 77 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 43 |
| 77 | Northern Cyprus | 77 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 11 | 50 |
| 78 | Israel | 76 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 42 |
| 79 | Brazil | 73 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 12 | 42 |
| 80 | Guyana | 73 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 30 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 43 |
| 81 | Botswana | 72 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 44 |
| 82 | Peru | 72 | 10 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 30 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 42 |
| 83 | Timor-Leste | 72 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 39 |
| 84 | Ecuador | 71 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 31 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 40 |
| 85 | Hungary | 69 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 43 |
| 86 | Dominican Republic | 68 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 41 |
| 87 | Senegal | 68 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 13 | 7 | 8 | 11 | 39 |
| 88 | Albania | 67 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 39 |
| 89 | Montenegro | 67 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 41 |
| 90 | North Macedonia | 67 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 39 |
| 91 | Bolivia | 66 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 39 |
| 92 | India | 66 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 33 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 33 |
| 93 | Malawi | 66 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 37 |
| 94 | Paraguay | 65 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 37 |
| 95 | Sierra Leone | 65 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 37 |
| 96 | Colombia | 64 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 35 |
| 97 | Tunisia | 64 | 9 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 7 | 9 | 10 | 38 |
| 98 | Lesotho | 63 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 36 |
| 99 | Moldova | 62 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 35 |
| 100 | Papua New Guinea | 62 | 7 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 39 |
| 101 | Serbia | 62 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 41 |
| 102 | Bhutan | 61 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 9 | 9 | 32 |
| 103 | Madagascar | 61 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 34 |
| 104 | Ukraine | 61 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 35 |
| 105 | Liberia | 60 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 27 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 33 |
| 106 | Mexico | 60 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 33 |
| 107 | Benin | 59 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 10 | 10 | 42 |
| 108 | El Salvador | 59 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 33 |
| 109 | Indonesia | 59 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 29 |
| 110 | Fiji | 58 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 35 |
| 111 | Georgia | 58 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 12 | 36 |
| 112 | Nepal | 57 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 32 |
| 113 | Kosovo | 56 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 31 |
| 114 | Armenia | 55 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 32 |
| 115 | Philippines | 55 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 25 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 30 |
| 116 | Sri Lanka | 55 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 32 |
| 117 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| 118 | Burkina Faso | 53 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 11 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 30 |
| 119 | Guatemala | 51 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 30 |
| 120 | Niger | 51 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 28 |
| 121 | Zambia | 51 | 6 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 30 |
| 122 | Malaysia | 50 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 30 |
| 123 | Côte d'Ivoire | 49 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 30 |
| 124 | Somaliland | 49 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 27 |
| 125 | Kenya | 48 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 29 |
| 126 | Honduras | 47 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 26 |
| 127 | Singapore | 47 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 28 |
| 128 | The Gambia | 47 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 |
| 129 | Guinea-Bissau | 43 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 26 |
| 130 | Hong Kong | 43 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 33 |
| 131 | Mozambique | 43 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 29 |
| 132 | Nigeria | 43 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 |
| 133 | Comoros | 42 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 26 |
| 134 | Lebanon | 42 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 |
| 135 | Togo | 42 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 27 |
| 136 | Abkhazia | 40 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 23 |
| 137 | Maldives | 40 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| 138 | Bangladesh | 39 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 24 |
| 139 | Kuwait | 37 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 23 |
| 140 | Morocco | 37 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 |
| 141 | Pakistan | 37 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 22 |
| 142 | Nagorno-Karabakh | 36 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| 143 | Mauritania | 35 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 21 |
| 144 | Guinea | 34 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 24 |
| 145 | Tanzania | 34 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 22 |
| 146 | Uganda | 34 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 23 |
| 147 | Haiti | 33 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 22 |
| 148 | Jordan | 33 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 22 |
| 149 | Algeria | 32 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 22 |
| 150 | Mali | 32 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 24 |
| 151 | Turkey | 32 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 152 | Angola | 30 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 20 |
| 153 | Iraq | 29 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 154 | Pakistani Kashmir | 29 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 20 |
| 155 | Thailand | 29 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 24 |
| 156 | Brunei Darussalam | 28 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 21 |
| 157 | Zimbabwe | 28 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 17 |
| 158 | Indian Kashmir | 27 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 |
| 159 | Kyrgyzstan | 27 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 23 |
| 160 | Qatar | 25 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 18 |
| 161 | Cambodia | 24 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 |
| 162 | Djibouti | 24 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 19 |
| 163 | Oman | 24 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 |
| 164 | Ethiopia | 23 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 |
| 165 | Kazakhstan | 23 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 18 |
| 166 | Nicaragua | 23 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 18 |
| 167 | West Bank | 23 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 19 |
| 168 | Rwanda | 22 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 169 | Gabon | 21 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 |
| 170 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 19 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| 171 | Russia | 19 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 172 | Vietnam | 19 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 16 |
| 173 | Egypt | 18 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 174 | Transnistria | 18 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 175 | Republic of Congo | 17 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 15 |
| 176 | Swaziland | 17 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 16 |
| 177 | United Arab Emirates | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 |
| 178 | Cameroon | 15 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 179 | Chad | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 |
| 180 | Burundi | 14 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| 181 | Iran | 14 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 |
| 182 | Venezuela | 14 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 13 |
| 183 | Lao PDR | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 184 | Bahrain | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 |
| 185 | Cuba | 12 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| 186 | Gaza Strip | 11 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 187 | South Ossetia | 11 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 188 | Uzbekistan | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 189 | Afghanistan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 |
| 190 | Sudan | 10 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 10 |
| 191 | Azerbaijan | 9 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 192 | China | 9 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 |
| 193 | Libya | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| 194 | Myanmar | 9 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 195 | Yemen | 9 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 |
| 196 | Belarus | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 197 | Tajikistan | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 198 | Central African Republic | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 199 | Crimea | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| 200 | Saudi Arabia | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 201 | Somalia | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 202 | Equatorial Guinea | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 203 | Eastern Donbas | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 204 | Western Sahara | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 7 |
| 205 | Eritrea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 206 | North Korea | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 207 | Turkmenistan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 208 | South Sudan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | -3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 209 | Syria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | -3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 210 | Tibet | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Pos. | Country | Total Score | Electoral Process | Political Pluralism | Functioning of Goverment | Discretionary Question | Political Rights Subtotal | Freedom of Expression and Belief | Associational and Organizational Rights | Rule of Law | Personal Autonomy and Individual Rights | Civil Liberties Subtotal |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finland | 100 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 60 |
| 2 | Norway | 100 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 60 |
| 3 | Sweden | 100 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 16 | 16 | 60 |
| 4 | Denmark | 97 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 0 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 57 |
| 5 | Ireland | 97 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 58 |
| 6 | Luxembourg | 97 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 16 | 59 |
| 7 | Netherlands | 97 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 16 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 58 |
| 8 | Belgium | 96 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 57 |
| 9 | Switzerland | 96 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 39 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 57 |
| 10 | Portugal | 95 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 15 | 56 |
| 11 | Estonia | 94 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 56 |
| 12 | Germany | 94 | 12 | 15 | 12 | 0 | 39 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 55 |
| 13 | Iceland | 94 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 57 |
| 14 | Andorra | 93 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 14 | 11 | 15 | 15 | 55 |
| 15 | Austria | 93 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 14 | 12 | 15 | 15 | 56 |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 93 | 12 | 16 | 11 | 0 | 39 | 14 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 54 |
| 17 | Czech Republic | 91 | 12 | 15 | 9 | 0 | 36 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 55 |
| 18 | Italy | 90 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 36 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 54 |
| 19 | Liechtenstein | 90 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 0 | 33 | 16 | 12 | 14 | 15 | 57 |
| 20 | Slovakia | 90 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 53 |
| 21 | Slovenia | 90 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 52 |
| 22 | Spain | 90 | 12 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 37 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 15 | 53 |
| 23 | France | 89 | 12 | 15 | 11 | 0 | 38 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 51 |
| 24 | Lithuania | 89 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 0 | 38 | 15 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 51 |
| 25 | Malta | 89 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 35 | 14 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 54 |
| 26 | Latvia | 88 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 14 | 51 |
| 27 | Greece | 87 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 37 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 50 |
| 28 | Croatia | 85 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 0 | 36 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 49 |
| 29 | Romania | 83 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 35 | 13 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 48 |
| 30 | Poland | 81 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 34 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 47 |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 79 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 33 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 46 |
| 32 | Hungary | 69 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 13 | 43 |
| 33 | Albania | 67 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 13 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 39 |
| 34 | Montenegro | 67 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 41 |
| 35 | North Macedonia | 67 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 28 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 39 |
| 36 | Moldova | 62 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 27 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 9 | 35 |
| 37 | Serbia | 62 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 21 | 12 | 8 | 9 | 12 | 41 |
| 38 | Ukraine | 61 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 10 | 35 |
| 39 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 53 | 6 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 34 |
| 40 | Russia | 19 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 41 | Belarus | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
As far as civil liberties and political rights are concerned, along with New Zealand and Canada the 4 Nordic countries, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and Denmark are yet again in the top 6 positions on the Freedom in the World index.
Asia: Similar to the World Press Freedom index countries such as Mongolia, South Korea, Japan, Taiwan, Nepal, Bhutan, Georgia, and Armenia are the bright exception compared to the rest of the Asian countries. A notable difference is India and Israel which received a positive score. Sri Lanka is also ranked well but it will be interesting to see next year's ranking after the recent events in the country. Kyrgyzstan, on the other hand, ranks low on the World Press Freedom Index.
Africa: Most African countries fare much worse than their respective rankings in the World Press Freedom Index. Notable exceptions are southern countries such as Namibia, Botswana, South Africa, Malawi, and Madagascar. As well as countries in sub-Saharan Africa such as Ghana, Benin, Guinea Bissau, Sierra Leone, and Liberia.
America: Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba are in a significantly worse position than the rest of North and South America. The same countries also scored low in the World Press Freedom index.
The Rule of Law Index relies on national surveys of more than 138.000 households and 4.200 legal practitioners and experts' surveys to measure how the rule of law is experienced and perceived worldwide, covering 139 countries and jurisdictions.
It is published annually by the World Justice Project (WJP), an international civil society organization with the stated mission of "working to create knowledge, build awareness, and stimulate action to advance the rule of law worldwide". WJP was founded by William H. Neukom and William C. Hubbard in 2006 as a presidential initiative of the American Bar Association and with the support of 21 partners. It became independent in 2009 and its offices are located in Washington, D.C., Mexico City, and Seattle, Washington.
The score is assessed through 44 indicators organized around 9 factors:
The results are collected through a set of five questionnaires administered to experts and the general public. More than 300 local experts identified per country by the WJP and local polling companies implement the household surveys.
Those questionnaires are codified as numeric values, aggregated by country, and normalized. Then the normalized scores are aggregated into sub-factors and factors using simple averages that produce the final ranking. The score ranges from 0 to 1. Again note that the latest data is for 2021.
You can learn more about the World of Justice Project on their site https://worldjusticeproject.org/about-us.
Their methodology is analyzed here and you can download the dataset from here.
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| Country | Overall Score | Constraints on Goverment Powers | Absense of Corruption | Open Government | Fundamental Rights | Order and Security | Regulatory Enforcement | Civil Justice | Criminal Justice | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Afghanistan | 0.352819 | 0.422913 | 0.296204 | 0.392979 | 0.401684 | 0.29605 | 0.360464 | 0.345449 | 0.30681 |
| 2 | Albania | 0.491574 | 0.427895 | 0.368125 | 0.468726 | 0.577107 | 0.77915 | 0.434221 | 0.472583 | 0.404783 |
| 3 | Algeria | 0.491954 | 0.475444 | 0.446689 | 0.353974 | 0.447246 | 0.754499 | 0.481974 | 0.550387 | 0.425419 |
| 4 | Angola | 0.427656 | 0.428918 | 0.435283 | 0.388427 | 0.387073 | 0.573123 | 0.425326 | 0.435201 | 0.347895 |
| 5 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.63371 | 0.608021 | 0.594526 | 0.539114 | 0.702043 | 0.782952 | 0.632715 | 0.679421 | 0.530887 |
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'Congo, Rep.': ['Republic of Congo', 'Democratic Republic of the Congo'],
"Cote d'Ivoire": ["Côte d'Ivoire", 'Cape Verde'],
'Egypt, Arab Rep.': ['Egypt', 'Aruba'],
'Hong Kong SAR, China': ['Hong Kong', 'Tonga'],
'Iran, Islamic Rep.': ['Iran', 'Iraq'],
'Korea, Rep.': ['South Korea', 'North Korea'],
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'Democratic Republic of the Congo'],
'Mauritius': ['Nauru', 'Saint-Martin'],
'Russian Federation': ['Russia', 'Iran'],
'Slovak Republic': ['Central African Republic',
'Democratic Republic of the Congo'],
'St. Kitts and Nevis': ['Saint Kitts and Nevis',
'Saint Vincent and the Grenadines'],
'St. Lucia': ['Saint Lucia', 'Libya'],
'St. Vincent and the Grenadines': ['Saint Vincent and the Grenadines',
'São Tomé and Principe'],
'The Bahamas': ['Bahamas', 'Saint Vincent and the Grenadines'],
'Venezuela, RB': ['Venezuela', 'Lao PDR']}
| Pos. | Country | Overall Score | Constraints on Goverment Powers | Absense of Corruption | Open Government | Fundamental Rights | Order and Security | Regulatory Enforcement | Civil Justice | Criminal Justice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 0.90 | 0.94 | 0.95 | 0.87 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.86 | 0.83 |
| 2 | Norway | 0.90 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.89 | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.88 | 0.85 | 0.85 |
| 3 | Finland | 0.88 | 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.87 | 0.90 | 0.92 | 0.87 | 0.82 | 0.84 |
| 4 | Sweden | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.90 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.92 | 0.84 | 0.83 | 0.80 |
| 5 | Germany | 0.84 | 0.86 | 0.83 | 0.80 | 0.85 | 0.89 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.79 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 0.83 | 0.85 | 0.87 | 0.82 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.83 | 0.75 |
| 7 | New Zealand | 0.83 | 0.86 | 0.88 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.89 | 0.86 | 0.78 | 0.74 |
| 8 | Luxembourg | 0.83 | 0.82 | 0.87 | 0.79 | 0.85 | 0.93 | 0.85 | 0.79 | 0.73 |
| 9 | Austria | 0.81 | 0.85 | 0.82 | 0.70 | 0.85 | 0.91 | 0.82 | 0.75 | 0.80 |
| 10 | Ireland | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.94 | 0.81 | 0.74 | 0.72 |
| 11 | Estonia | 0.81 | 0.83 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.89 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.72 |
| 12 | Canada | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.90 | 0.80 | 0.70 | 0.73 |
| 13 | Australia | 0.79 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.80 | 0.78 | 0.87 | 0.81 | 0.74 | 0.72 |
| 14 | Belgium | 0.79 | 0.83 | 0.80 | 0.78 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.70 |
| 15 | Japan | 0.79 | 0.72 | 0.82 | 0.70 | 0.78 | 0.92 | 0.79 | 0.77 | 0.77 |
| 16 | United Kingdom | 0.79 | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.83 | 0.80 | 0.71 | 0.71 |
| 17 | Singapore | 0.78 | 0.67 | 0.91 | 0.63 | 0.67 | 0.93 | 0.86 | 0.80 | 0.78 |
| 18 | Lithuania | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.69 | 0.73 | 0.75 | 0.89 | 0.74 | 0.78 | 0.68 |
| 19 | Hong Kong | 0.75 | 0.61 | 0.85 | 0.73 | 0.61 | 0.93 | 0.81 | 0.75 | 0.71 |
| 20 | South Korea | 0.74 | 0.71 | 0.67 | 0.71 | 0.75 | 0.83 | 0.74 | 0.77 | 0.71 |
| 21 | Spain | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.71 | 0.67 | 0.67 |
| 22 | Czech Republic | 0.73 | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.68 | 0.79 | 0.89 | 0.71 | 0.67 | 0.71 |
| 23 | France | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.76 | 0.71 | 0.76 | 0.76 | 0.70 | 0.61 |
| 24 | Latvia | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.66 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.83 | 0.71 | 0.66 | 0.65 |
| 25 | Uruguay | 0.71 | 0.76 | 0.73 | 0.72 | 0.79 | 0.70 | 0.71 | 0.73 | 0.56 |
| 26 | Portugal | 0.70 | 0.78 | 0.72 | 0.66 | 0.77 | 0.79 | 0.61 | 0.68 | 0.59 |
| 27 | United States | 0.69 | 0.68 | 0.72 | 0.75 | 0.66 | 0.81 | 0.71 | 0.62 | 0.60 |
| 28 | Cyprus | 0.68 | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.61 | 0.72 | 0.81 | 0.65 | 0.63 | 0.70 |
| 29 | Slovenia | 0.68 | 0.65 | 0.66 | 0.65 | 0.76 | 0.90 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.55 |
| 30 | Malta | 0.68 | 0.65 | 0.68 | 0.63 | 0.73 | 0.92 | 0.58 | 0.61 | 0.63 |
| 31 | Costa Rica | 0.68 | 0.76 | 0.65 | 0.70 | 0.78 | 0.69 | 0.67 | 0.60 | 0.57 |
| 32 | Chile | 0.66 | 0.72 | 0.69 | 0.70 | 0.72 | 0.67 | 0.64 | 0.63 | 0.55 |
| 33 | Slovakia | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.51 | 0.69 | 0.73 | 0.90 | 0.65 | 0.57 | 0.57 |
| 34 | Italy | 0.66 | 0.71 | 0.64 | 0.63 | 0.73 | 0.75 | 0.61 | 0.56 | 0.64 |
| 35 | Barbados | 0.65 | 0.64 | 0.69 | 0.53 | 0.73 | 0.78 | 0.62 | 0.64 | 0.58 |
| 36 | Poland | 0.64 | 0.54 | 0.72 | 0.59 | 0.61 | 0.86 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.58 |
| 37 | United Arab Emirates | 0.64 | 0.56 | 0.80 | 0.35 | 0.45 | 0.91 | 0.71 | 0.66 | 0.67 |
| 38 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.64 | 0.60 | 0.69 | 0.52 | 0.71 | 0.76 | 0.55 | 0.63 | 0.62 |
| 39 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.59 | 0.54 | 0.70 | 0.78 | 0.63 | 0.68 | 0.53 |
| 40 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.45 | 0.70 | 0.77 | 0.61 | 0.67 | 0.59 |
| 41 | Romania | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.55 | 0.62 | 0.67 | 0.83 | 0.58 | 0.63 | 0.53 |
| 42 | Rwanda | 0.62 | 0.62 | 0.65 | 0.59 | 0.50 | 0.82 | 0.59 | 0.66 | 0.53 |
| 43 | Saint Lucia | 0.62 | 0.59 | 0.63 | 0.48 | 0.67 | 0.75 | 0.59 | 0.69 | 0.54 |
| 44 | Namibia | 0.62 | 0.67 | 0.52 | 0.58 | 0.65 | 0.75 | 0.59 | 0.64 | 0.55 |
| 45 | Mauritius | 0.61 | 0.59 | 0.58 | 0.52 | 0.63 | 0.76 | 0.62 | 0.63 | 0.54 |
| 46 | Croatia | 0.61 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.85 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.49 |
| 47 | Bahamas | 0.61 | 0.62 | 0.64 | 0.52 | 0.68 | 0.74 | 0.50 | 0.57 | 0.60 |
| 48 | Greece | 0.61 | 0.68 | 0.56 | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.71 | 0.57 | 0.60 | 0.50 |
| 49 | Georgia | 0.61 | 0.54 | 0.68 | 0.59 | 0.63 | 0.79 | 0.56 | 0.54 | 0.53 |
| 50 | Grenada | 0.59 | 0.57 | 0.66 | 0.44 | 0.63 | 0.77 | 0.56 | 0.61 | 0.50 |
| 51 | Botswana | 0.59 | 0.60 | 0.58 | 0.48 | 0.58 | 0.71 | 0.60 | 0.60 | 0.58 |
| 52 | South Africa | 0.58 | 0.63 | 0.48 | 0.63 | 0.64 | 0.61 | 0.55 | 0.61 | 0.52 |
| 53 | Dominica | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 0.62 | 0.74 | 0.53 | 0.56 | 0.56 |
| 54 | Malaysia | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.58 | 0.41 | 0.51 | 0.78 | 0.57 | 0.64 | 0.55 |
| 55 | Jamaica | 0.57 | 0.64 | 0.55 | 0.56 | 0.63 | 0.63 | 0.55 | 0.53 | 0.48 |
| 56 | Argentina | 0.56 | 0.57 | 0.48 | 0.62 | 0.69 | 0.62 | 0.50 | 0.57 | 0.42 |
| 57 | Senegal | 0.55 | 0.57 | 0.54 | 0.43 | 0.60 | 0.71 | 0.55 | 0.56 | 0.47 |
| 58 | Ghana | 0.55 | 0.66 | 0.39 | 0.49 | 0.58 | 0.72 | 0.54 | 0.57 | 0.46 |
| 59 | Jordan | 0.55 | 0.46 | 0.59 | 0.40 | 0.48 | 0.76 | 0.55 | 0.61 | 0.56 |
| 60 | Kosovo | 0.55 | 0.53 | 0.46 | 0.55 | 0.59 | 0.82 | 0.47 | 0.48 | 0.47 |
| 61 | Mongolia | 0.54 | 0.54 | 0.43 | 0.50 | 0.58 | 0.76 | 0.50 | 0.55 | 0.49 |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 0.54 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.56 | 0.60 | 0.77 | 0.52 | 0.54 | 0.44 |
| 63 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.53 | 0.56 | 0.49 | 0.56 | 0.59 | 0.66 | 0.51 | 0.58 | 0.32 |
| 64 | North Macedonia | 0.53 | 0.47 | 0.45 | 0.50 | 0.59 | 0.79 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.45 |
| 65 | Tunisia | 0.53 | 0.60 | 0.48 | 0.50 | 0.55 | 0.67 | 0.52 | 0.50 | 0.42 |
| 66 | Kazakhstan | 0.52 | 0.43 | 0.49 | 0.46 | 0.45 | 0.79 | 0.52 | 0.62 | 0.45 |
| 67 | Malawi | 0.52 | 0.58 | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.58 | 0.69 | 0.47 | 0.56 | 0.44 |
| 68 | Indonesia | 0.52 | 0.67 | 0.40 | 0.54 | 0.51 | 0.68 | 0.55 | 0.45 | 0.38 |
| 69 | Hungary | 0.52 | 0.39 | 0.49 | 0.44 | 0.56 | 0.90 | 0.46 | 0.45 | 0.46 |
| 70 | Nepal | 0.52 | 0.59 | 0.41 | 0.52 | 0.51 | 0.73 | 0.51 | 0.46 | 0.44 |
| 71 | Panama | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.41 | 0.58 | 0.63 | 0.67 | 0.51 | 0.47 | 0.33 |
| 72 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.52 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.59 | 0.78 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.46 |
| 73 | Moldova | 0.51 | 0.47 | 0.36 | 0.57 | 0.56 | 0.81 | 0.45 | 0.50 | 0.39 |
| 74 | Ukraine | 0.51 | 0.47 | 0.33 | 0.57 | 0.61 | 0.75 | 0.44 | 0.54 | 0.37 |
| 75 | Burkina Faso | 0.50 | 0.57 | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.49 | 0.46 | 0.49 |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 0.50 | 0.54 | 0.49 | 0.52 | 0.53 | 0.56 | 0.50 | 0.45 | 0.43 |
| 77 | Brazil | 0.50 | 0.51 | 0.43 | 0.60 | 0.48 | 0.64 | 0.49 | 0.52 | 0.33 |
| 78 | Guyana | 0.50 | 0.54 | 0.45 | 0.44 | 0.56 | 0.63 | 0.45 | 0.53 | 0.40 |
| 79 | India | 0.50 | 0.59 | 0.40 | 0.60 | 0.49 | 0.60 | 0.48 | 0.44 | 0.39 |
| 80 | Thailand | 0.50 | 0.46 | 0.47 | 0.49 | 0.47 | 0.71 | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.43 |
| 81 | Serbia | 0.49 | 0.38 | 0.43 | 0.46 | 0.56 | 0.77 | 0.47 | 0.50 | 0.39 |
| 82 | Algeria | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.45 | 0.35 | 0.45 | 0.75 | 0.48 | 0.55 | 0.43 |
| 83 | Albania | 0.49 | 0.43 | 0.37 | 0.47 | 0.58 | 0.78 | 0.43 | 0.47 | 0.40 |
| 84 | Suriname | 0.49 | 0.48 | 0.44 | 0.38 | 0.53 | 0.64 | 0.45 | 0.48 | 0.52 |
| 85 | Uzbekistan | 0.49 | 0.38 | 0.46 | 0.37 | 0.44 | 0.90 | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.45 |
| 86 | Colombia | 0.49 | 0.53 | 0.39 | 0.62 | 0.51 | 0.56 | 0.52 | 0.47 | 0.32 |
| 87 | Peru | 0.49 | 0.60 | 0.32 | 0.54 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.48 | 0.43 | 0.32 |
| 88 | Vietnam | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.41 | 0.46 | 0.45 | 0.77 | 0.44 | 0.46 | 0.46 |
| 89 | The Gambia | 0.49 | 0.59 | 0.47 | 0.37 | 0.52 | 0.70 | 0.37 | 0.50 | 0.39 |
| 90 | Morocco | 0.49 | 0.51 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.68 | 0.53 | 0.53 | 0.36 |
| 91 | Benin | 0.49 | 0.50 | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.53 | 0.77 | 0.48 | 0.42 | 0.42 |
| 92 | Ecuador | 0.48 | 0.50 | 0.41 | 0.51 | 0.52 | 0.62 | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.36 |
| 93 | Belize | 0.48 | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.51 | 0.70 | 0.41 | 0.52 | 0.37 |
| 94 | Dominican Republic | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.39 | 0.53 | 0.57 | 0.64 | 0.41 | 0.44 | 0.36 |
| 95 | El Salvador | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.36 | 0.51 | 0.50 | 0.67 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.30 |
| 96 | Paraguay | 0.48 | 0.49 | 0.30 | 0.58 | 0.53 | 0.71 | 0.47 | 0.44 | 0.28 |
| 97 | Belarus | 0.48 | 0.27 | 0.51 | 0.33 | 0.41 | 0.80 | 0.46 | 0.57 | 0.43 |
| 98 | China | 0.47 | 0.31 | 0.53 | 0.38 | 0.27 | 0.81 | 0.49 | 0.52 | 0.45 |
| 99 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.47 | 0.45 | 0.30 | 0.52 | 0.48 | 0.76 | 0.43 | 0.47 | 0.32 |
| 100 | Tanzania | 0.47 | 0.51 | 0.42 | 0.37 | 0.43 | 0.69 | 0.44 | 0.48 | 0.38 |
| 101 | Russia | 0.46 | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.42 | 0.70 | 0.48 | 0.53 | 0.31 |
| 102 | Philippines | 0.46 | 0.48 | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.39 | 0.63 | 0.48 | 0.45 | 0.31 |
| 103 | Togo | 0.45 | 0.36 | 0.43 | 0.30 | 0.46 | 0.74 | 0.49 | 0.49 | 0.36 |
| 104 | Lebanon | 0.45 | 0.49 | 0.36 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.64 | 0.44 | 0.42 | 0.35 |
| 105 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.45 | 0.38 | 0.35 | 0.37 | 0.45 | 0.68 | 0.50 | 0.50 | 0.36 |
| 106 | Kenya | 0.44 | 0.48 | 0.27 | 0.49 | 0.47 | 0.55 | 0.43 | 0.47 | 0.39 |
| 107 | Zambia | 0.44 | 0.43 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.41 | 0.68 | 0.43 | 0.46 | 0.40 |
| 108 | Sierra Leone | 0.44 | 0.49 | 0.36 | 0.38 | 0.51 | 0.67 | 0.36 | 0.42 | 0.36 |
| 109 | Guatemala | 0.44 | 0.52 | 0.33 | 0.51 | 0.53 | 0.59 | 0.42 | 0.36 | 0.29 |
| 110 | Liberia | 0.44 | 0.50 | 0.31 | 0.44 | 0.51 | 0.60 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.31 |
| 111 | Niger | 0.44 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.36 | 0.48 | 0.62 | 0.47 | 0.45 | 0.37 |
| 112 | Madagascar | 0.44 | 0.44 | 0.27 | 0.46 | 0.46 | 0.71 | 0.38 | 0.45 | 0.33 |
| 113 | Mexico | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.26 | 0.60 | 0.49 | 0.53 | 0.44 | 0.37 | 0.29 |
| 114 | Angola | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.57 | 0.43 | 0.44 | 0.35 |
| 115 | Mali | 0.43 | 0.45 | 0.32 | 0.45 | 0.51 | 0.48 | 0.48 | 0.42 | 0.29 |
| 116 | Sudan | 0.42 | 0.45 | 0.40 | 0.40 | 0.38 | 0.64 | 0.36 | 0.40 | 0.37 |
| 117 | Turkey | 0.42 | 0.28 | 0.46 | 0.40 | 0.31 | 0.70 | 0.41 | 0.43 | 0.36 |
| 118 | Republic of Congo | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.31 | 0.36 | 0.40 | 0.63 | 0.48 | 0.44 | 0.35 |
| 119 | Iran | 0.42 | 0.35 | 0.40 | 0.28 | 0.22 | 0.74 | 0.45 | 0.54 | 0.36 |
| 120 | Guinea | 0.41 | 0.38 | 0.27 | 0.36 | 0.49 | 0.72 | 0.36 | 0.41 | 0.31 |
| 121 | Nigeria | 0.41 | 0.50 | 0.32 | 0.42 | 0.43 | 0.34 | 0.43 | 0.48 | 0.40 |
| 122 | Ethiopia | 0.41 | 0.38 | 0.46 | 0.33 | 0.33 | 0.61 | 0.38 | 0.43 | 0.35 |
| 123 | Mozambique | 0.40 | 0.42 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.41 | 0.49 | 0.40 | 0.44 | 0.32 |
| 124 | Bangladesh | 0.40 | 0.37 | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0.31 | 0.63 | 0.40 | 0.38 | 0.32 |
| 125 | Uganda | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.26 | 0.38 | 0.36 | 0.59 | 0.42 | 0.41 | 0.32 |
| 126 | Honduras | 0.39 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.42 | 0.41 | 0.65 | 0.37 | 0.40 | 0.25 |
| 127 | Zimbabwe | 0.39 | 0.33 | 0.31 | 0.32 | 0.34 | 0.67 | 0.35 | 0.46 | 0.37 |
| 128 | Myanmar | 0.39 | 0.39 | 0.44 | 0.36 | 0.27 | 0.64 | 0.45 | 0.35 | 0.26 |
| 129 | Bolivia | 0.39 | 0.37 | 0.27 | 0.43 | 0.47 | 0.59 | 0.41 | 0.33 | 0.22 |
| 130 | Pakistan | 0.39 | 0.47 | 0.31 | 0.42 | 0.38 | 0.37 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.35 |
| 131 | Nicaragua | 0.38 | 0.25 | 0.32 | 0.38 | 0.34 | 0.71 | 0.39 | 0.36 | 0.28 |
| 132 | Haiti | 0.38 | 0.39 | 0.28 | 0.38 | 0.43 | 0.53 | 0.31 | 0.41 | 0.28 |
| 133 | Mauritania | 0.36 | 0.34 | 0.30 | 0.29 | 0.40 | 0.64 | 0.28 | 0.39 | 0.29 |
| 134 | Afghanistan | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0.30 | 0.39 | 0.40 | 0.30 | 0.36 | 0.35 | 0.31 |
| 135 | Cameroon | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.25 | 0.32 | 0.36 | 0.48 | 0.40 | 0.39 | 0.25 |
| 136 | Egypt | 0.35 | 0.24 | 0.38 | 0.22 | 0.24 | 0.63 | 0.36 | 0.37 | 0.34 |
| 137 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.35 | 0.40 | 0.16 | 0.33 | 0.41 | 0.48 | 0.35 | 0.36 | 0.27 |
| 138 | Cambodia | 0.32 | 0.28 | 0.23 | 0.26 | 0.33 | 0.67 | 0.27 | 0.25 | 0.25 |
| 139 | Venezuela | 0.27 | 0.17 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.29 | 0.50 | 0.19 | 0.27 | 0.12 |
| Pos. | Country | Overall Score | Constraints on Goverment Powers | Absense of Corruption | Open Government | Fundamental Rights | Order and Security | Regulatory Enforcement | Civil Justice | Criminal Justice |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 0.90 | 0.94 | 0.95 | 0.87 | 0.92 | 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.86 | 0.83 |
| 2 | Norway | 0.90 | 0.94 | 0.94 | 0.89 | 0.91 | 0.93 | 0.88 | 0.85 | 0.85 |
| 3 | Finland | 0.88 | 0.92 | 0.89 | 0.87 | 0.90 | 0.92 | 0.87 | 0.82 | 0.84 |
| 4 | Sweden | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.90 | 0.86 | 0.87 | 0.92 | 0.84 | 0.83 | 0.80 |
| 5 | Germany | 0.84 | 0.86 | 0.83 | 0.80 | 0.85 | 0.89 | 0.86 | 0.84 | 0.79 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 0.83 | 0.85 | 0.87 | 0.82 | 0.84 | 0.85 | 0.85 | 0.83 | 0.75 |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 0.83 | 0.82 | 0.87 | 0.79 | 0.85 | 0.93 | 0.85 | 0.79 | 0.73 |
| 8 | Austria | 0.81 | 0.85 | 0.82 | 0.70 | 0.85 | 0.91 | 0.82 | 0.75 | 0.80 |
| 9 | Ireland | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.94 | 0.81 | 0.74 | 0.72 |
| 10 | Estonia | 0.81 | 0.83 | 0.80 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.89 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.72 |
| 11 | Belgium | 0.79 | 0.83 | 0.80 | 0.78 | 0.84 | 0.81 | 0.81 | 0.76 | 0.70 |
| 12 | United Kingdom | 0.79 | 0.81 | 0.82 | 0.79 | 0.80 | 0.83 | 0.80 | 0.71 | 0.71 |
| 13 | Lithuania | 0.75 | 0.75 | 0.69 | 0.73 | 0.75 | 0.89 | 0.74 | 0.78 | 0.68 |
| 14 | Spain | 0.73 | 0.73 | 0.74 | 0.70 | 0.80 | 0.82 | 0.71 | 0.67 | 0.67 |
| 15 | Czech Republic | 0.73 | 0.72 | 0.65 | 0.68 | 0.79 | 0.89 | 0.71 | 0.67 | 0.71 |
| 16 | France | 0.72 | 0.72 | 0.74 | 0.76 | 0.71 | 0.76 | 0.76 | 0.70 | 0.61 |
| 17 | Latvia | 0.71 | 0.70 | 0.66 | 0.74 | 0.75 | 0.83 | 0.71 | 0.66 | 0.65 |
| 18 | Portugal | 0.70 | 0.78 | 0.72 | 0.66 | 0.77 | 0.79 | 0.61 | 0.68 | 0.59 |
| 19 | Slovenia | 0.68 | 0.65 | 0.66 | 0.65 | 0.76 | 0.90 | 0.65 | 0.65 | 0.55 |
| 20 | Malta | 0.68 | 0.65 | 0.68 | 0.63 | 0.73 | 0.92 | 0.58 | 0.61 | 0.63 |
| 21 | Slovakia | 0.66 | 0.68 | 0.51 | 0.69 | 0.73 | 0.90 | 0.65 | 0.57 | 0.57 |
| 22 | Italy | 0.66 | 0.71 | 0.64 | 0.63 | 0.73 | 0.75 | 0.61 | 0.56 | 0.64 |
| 23 | Poland | 0.64 | 0.54 | 0.72 | 0.59 | 0.61 | 0.86 | 0.61 | 0.61 | 0.58 |
| 24 | Romania | 0.63 | 0.61 | 0.55 | 0.62 | 0.67 | 0.83 | 0.58 | 0.63 | 0.53 |
| 25 | Croatia | 0.61 | 0.56 | 0.56 | 0.60 | 0.67 | 0.85 | 0.57 | 0.57 | 0.49 |
| 26 | Greece | 0.61 | 0.68 | 0.56 | 0.61 | 0.65 | 0.71 | 0.57 | 0.60 | 0.50 |
| 27 | Bulgaria | 0.54 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.56 | 0.60 | 0.77 | 0.52 | 0.54 | 0.44 |
| 28 | North Macedonia | 0.53 | 0.47 | 0.45 | 0.50 | 0.59 | 0.79 | 0.47 | 0.53 | 0.45 |
| 29 | Hungary | 0.52 | 0.39 | 0.49 | 0.44 | 0.56 | 0.90 | 0.46 | 0.45 | 0.46 |
| 30 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.52 | 0.45 | 0.42 | 0.47 | 0.59 | 0.78 | 0.48 | 0.47 | 0.46 |
| 31 | Moldova | 0.51 | 0.47 | 0.36 | 0.57 | 0.56 | 0.81 | 0.45 | 0.50 | 0.39 |
| 32 | Ukraine | 0.51 | 0.47 | 0.33 | 0.57 | 0.61 | 0.75 | 0.44 | 0.54 | 0.37 |
| 33 | Serbia | 0.49 | 0.38 | 0.43 | 0.46 | 0.56 | 0.77 | 0.47 | 0.50 | 0.39 |
| 34 | Albania | 0.49 | 0.43 | 0.37 | 0.47 | 0.58 | 0.78 | 0.43 | 0.47 | 0.40 |
| 35 | Belarus | 0.48 | 0.27 | 0.51 | 0.33 | 0.41 | 0.80 | 0.46 | 0.57 | 0.43 |
| 36 | Russia | 0.46 | 0.35 | 0.42 | 0.49 | 0.42 | 0.70 | 0.48 | 0.53 | 0.31 |
The Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) is published annually since 1995 by Transparency International, a German registered association founded in 1993 by former employees of the World Bank. Based in Berlin, Transparency International is a non-profit, non-governmental organization purposed to combat global corruption and prevent criminal activities arising from it.
CPI ranks countries and territories based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be, determined by at least 3 data sources drawn from 13 different corruption surveys and assessments. These data sources are collected by a variety of institutions, including the World Bank and the World Economic Forum. CPI has received criticism over the years firstly due to the difficulty in measuring corruption, which, by definition, happens behind the scenes, and secondly, the need to rely on third-party surveys to compile the index.
The index ranks 180 countries and territories around the world and the results are given on a scale of 0 (highly corrupt) to 100 (very clean).
If you want to learn more about Transparency International you can visit their site https://www.transparency.org. You can read more about the scoring methodology here and here, you can download the data CPI (2021) by Transparency International is licensed under CC-BYND 4.0 Note that the latest data available are from 2021 compared to the other datasets.
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| Country / Territory | ISO3 | Region | CPI score 2021 | Rank | Standard error | Number of sources | Lower CI | Upper CI | African Development Bank CPIA | ... | Economist Intelligence Unit Country Ratings | Freedom House Nations in Transit | Global Insights Country Risk Ratings | IMD World Competitiveness Yearbook | PERC Asia Risk Guide | PRS International Country Risk Guide | Varieties of Democracy Project | World Bank CPIA | World Economic Forum EOS | World Justice Project Rule of Law Index | |
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| 0 | Denmark | DNK | WE/EU | 88 | 1 | 1.850507 | 8 | 84.95592 | 91.04408 | NaN | ... | 90.0 | NaN | 83 | 93.0 | NaN | 100.0 | 79.0 | NaN | 78.0 | 87.0 |
| 1 | Finland | FIN | WE/EU | 88 | 1 | 1.248280 | 8 | 85.94658 | 90.05342 | NaN | ... | 90.0 | NaN | 83 | 94.0 | NaN | 93.0 | 77.0 | NaN | 91.0 | 87.0 |
| 2 | New Zealand | NZL | AP | 88 | 1 | 1.427644 | 8 | 85.65153 | 90.34847 | NaN | ... | 90.0 | NaN | 83 | 91.0 | NaN | 93.0 | 78.0 | NaN | 85.0 | 83.0 |
| 3 | Norway | NOR | WE/EU | 85 | 4 | 1.072085 | 7 | 83.23642 | 86.76358 | NaN | ... | 90.0 | NaN | 83 | 81.0 | NaN | 85.0 | 78.0 | NaN | NaN | 87.0 |
| 4 | Singapore | SGP | AP | 85 | 4 | 1.159654 | 9 | 83.09237 | 86.90763 | NaN | ... | 90.0 | NaN | 83 | 87.0 | 91.0 | 85.0 | 78.0 | NaN | 91.0 | 84.0 |
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| Pos. | Country | CPI Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 88 |
| 1 | Finland | 88 |
| 1 | New Zealand | 88 |
| 4 | Norway | 85 |
| 4 | Singapore | 85 |
| 4 | Sweden | 85 |
| 7 | Switzerland | 84 |
| 8 | Netherlands | 82 |
| 9 | Luxembourg | 81 |
| 10 | Germany | 80 |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 78 |
| 12 | Hong Kong | 76 |
| 13 | Canada | 74 |
| 13 | Iceland | 74 |
| 13 | Ireland | 74 |
| 13 | Estonia | 74 |
| 13 | Austria | 74 |
| 18 | Australia | 73 |
| 18 | Belgium | 73 |
| 18 | Japan | 73 |
| 18 | Uruguay | 73 |
| 22 | France | 71 |
| 23 | Seychelles | 70 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates | 69 |
| 25 | Bhutan | 68 |
| 25 | Taiwan | 68 |
| 27 | Chile | 67 |
| 27 | United States | 67 |
| 29 | Barbados | 65 |
| 30 | Bahamas | 64 |
| 31 | Qatar | 63 |
| 32 | South Korea | 62 |
| 32 | Portugal | 62 |
| 34 | Lithuania | 61 |
| 34 | Spain | 61 |
| 36 | Israel | 59 |
| 36 | Latvia | 59 |
| 36 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 59 |
| 39 | Cape Verde | 58 |
| 39 | Costa Rica | 58 |
| 41 | Slovenia | 57 |
| 42 | Italy | 56 |
| 42 | Poland | 56 |
| 42 | Saint Lucia | 56 |
| 45 | Botswana | 55 |
| 45 | Dominica | 55 |
| 45 | Fiji | 55 |
| 45 | Georgia | 55 |
| 49 | Czech Republic | 54 |
| 49 | Malta | 54 |
| 49 | Mauritius | 54 |
| 52 | Grenada | 53 |
| 52 | Cyprus | 53 |
| 52 | Rwanda | 53 |
| 52 | Saudi Arabia | 53 |
| 56 | Oman | 52 |
| 56 | Slovakia | 52 |
| 58 | Armenia | 49 |
| 58 | Greece | 49 |
| 58 | Jordan | 49 |
| 58 | Namibia | 49 |
| 62 | Malaysia | 48 |
| 63 | Croatia | 47 |
| 64 | Cuba | 46 |
| 64 | Montenegro | 46 |
| 66 | China | 45 |
| 66 | Romania | 45 |
| 66 | São Tomé and Principe | 45 |
| 66 | Vanuatu | 45 |
| 70 | Jamaica | 44 |
| 70 | South Africa | 44 |
| 70 | Tunisia | 44 |
| 73 | Ghana | 43 |
| 73 | Hungary | 43 |
| 73 | Kuwait | 43 |
| 73 | Senegal | 43 |
| 73 | Solomon Islands | 43 |
| 78 | Bahrain | 42 |
| 78 | Benin | 42 |
| 78 | Burkina Faso | 42 |
| 78 | Bulgaria | 42 |
| 82 | Timor-Leste | 41 |
| 82 | Belarus | 41 |
| 82 | Trinidad and Tobago | 41 |
| 85 | India | 40 |
| 85 | Maldives | 40 |
| 87 | Kosovo | 39 |
| 87 | Colombia | 39 |
| 87 | Ethiopia | 39 |
| 87 | Guyana | 39 |
| 87 | Morocco | 39 |
| 87 | North Macedonia | 39 |
| 87 | Suriname | 39 |
| 87 | Tanzania | 39 |
| 87 | Vietnam | 39 |
| 96 | Argentina | 38 |
| 96 | Brazil | 38 |
| 96 | Indonesia | 38 |
| 96 | Lesotho | 38 |
| 96 | Serbia | 38 |
| 96 | Turkey | 38 |
| 102 | The Gambia | 37 |
| 102 | Kazakhstan | 37 |
| 102 | Sri Lanka | 37 |
| 105 | Côte d'Ivoire | 36 |
| 105 | Ecuador | 36 |
| 105 | Moldova | 36 |
| 105 | Panama | 36 |
| 105 | Peru | 36 |
| 110 | Albania | 35 |
| 110 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35 |
| 110 | Malawi | 35 |
| 110 | Mongolia | 35 |
| 110 | Thailand | 35 |
| 115 | El Salvador | 34 |
| 115 | Sierra Leone | 34 |
| 117 | Egypt | 33 |
| 117 | Nepal | 33 |
| 117 | Philippines | 33 |
| 117 | Zambia | 33 |
| 117 | Algeria | 33 |
| 122 | Swaziland | 32 |
| 122 | Ukraine | 32 |
| 124 | Gabon | 31 |
| 124 | Mexico | 31 |
| 124 | Niger | 31 |
| 124 | Papua New Guinea | 31 |
| 128 | Azerbaijan | 30 |
| 128 | Bolivia | 30 |
| 128 | Djibouti | 30 |
| 128 | Dominican Republic | 30 |
| 128 | Lao PDR | 30 |
| 128 | Paraguay | 30 |
| 128 | Togo | 30 |
| 128 | Kenya | 30 |
| 136 | Angola | 29 |
| 136 | Liberia | 29 |
| 136 | Mali | 29 |
| 136 | Russia | 29 |
| 140 | Mauritania | 28 |
| 140 | Myanmar | 28 |
| 140 | Pakistan | 28 |
| 140 | Uzbekistan | 28 |
| 144 | Cameroon | 27 |
| 144 | Kyrgyzstan | 27 |
| 144 | Uganda | 27 |
| 147 | Bangladesh | 26 |
| 147 | Madagascar | 26 |
| 147 | Mozambique | 26 |
| 150 | Guatemala | 25 |
| 150 | Guinea | 25 |
| 150 | Iran | 25 |
| 150 | Tajikistan | 25 |
| 154 | Lebanon | 24 |
| 154 | Nigeria | 24 |
| 154 | Central African Republic | 24 |
| 157 | Cambodia | 23 |
| 157 | Honduras | 23 |
| 157 | Iraq | 23 |
| 157 | Zimbabwe | 23 |
| 161 | Eritrea | 22 |
| 162 | Republic of Congo | 21 |
| 162 | Guinea-Bissau | 21 |
| 164 | Chad | 20 |
| 164 | Comoros | 20 |
| 164 | Haiti | 20 |
| 164 | Nicaragua | 20 |
| 164 | Sudan | 20 |
| 169 | Burundi | 19 |
| 169 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 19 |
| 169 | Turkmenistan | 19 |
| 172 | Equatorial Guinea | 17 |
| 172 | Libya | 17 |
| 174 | Afghanistan | 16 |
| 174 | North Korea | 16 |
| 174 | Yemen | 16 |
| 177 | Venezuela | 14 |
| 178 | Somalia | 13 |
| 178 | Syria | 13 |
| 180 | South Sudan | 11 |
| Pos. | Country | CPI Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Denmark | 88 |
| 1 | Finland | 88 |
| 3 | Norway | 85 |
| 3 | Sweden | 85 |
| 5 | Switzerland | 84 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 82 |
| 7 | Luxembourg | 81 |
| 8 | Germany | 80 |
| 9 | United Kingdom | 78 |
| 11 | Austria | 74 |
| 11 | Estonia | 74 |
| 11 | Iceland | 74 |
| 11 | Ireland | 74 |
| 14 | Belgium | 73 |
| 15 | France | 71 |
| 16 | Portugal | 62 |
| 17 | Spain | 61 |
| 17 | Lithuania | 61 |
| 19 | Latvia | 59 |
| 20 | Slovenia | 57 |
| 21 | Italy | 56 |
| 21 | Poland | 56 |
| 23 | Czech Republic | 54 |
| 23 | Malta | 54 |
| 25 | Slovakia | 52 |
| 26 | Greece | 49 |
| 27 | Croatia | 47 |
| 28 | Montenegro | 46 |
| 29 | Romania | 45 |
| 30 | Hungary | 43 |
| 31 | Bulgaria | 42 |
| 32 | Belarus | 41 |
| 33 | North Macedonia | 39 |
| 34 | Serbia | 38 |
| 35 | Moldova | 36 |
| 36 | Albania | 35 |
| 36 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 35 |
| 38 | Ukraine | 32 |
| 39 | Russia | 29 |
| Country | Press Index Score | Freedom Index Score | CPI Score | Law Index Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abkhazia | 40.00 | |||
| Afghanistan | 38.27 | 10.00 | 16.00 | 0.35 |
| Albania | 56.41 | 67.00 | 35.00 | 0.49 |
| Algeria | 45.53 | 32.00 | 33.00 | 0.49 |
| Andorra | 68.79 | 93.00 | ||
| Angola | 57.17 | 30.00 | 29.00 | 0.43 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 85.00 | 0.63 | ||
| Argentina | 77.28 | 84.00 | 38.00 | 0.56 |
| Armenia | 68.97 | 55.00 | 49.00 | |
| Australia | 73.77 | 95.00 | 73.00 | 0.79 |
| Austria | 76.74 | 93.00 | 74.00 | 0.81 |
| Azerbaijan | 39.40 | 9.00 | 30.00 | |
| Bahamas | 91.00 | 64.00 | 0.61 | |
| Bahrain | 30.97 | 12.00 | 42.00 | |
| Bangladesh | 36.63 | 39.00 | 26.00 | 0.4 |
| Barbados | 95.00 | 65.00 | 0.65 | |
| Belarus | 39.62 | 8.00 | 41.00 | 0.48 |
| Belgium | 78.86 | 96.00 | 73.00 | 0.79 |
| Belize | 70.67 | 87.00 | 0.48 | |
| Benin | 48.39 | 59.00 | 42.00 | 0.49 |
| Bhutan | 76.46 | 61.00 | 68.00 | |
| Bolivia | 47.58 | 66.00 | 30.00 | 0.39 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65.64 | 53.00 | 35.00 | 0.52 |
| Botswana | 58.49 | 72.00 | 55.00 | 0.59 |
| Brazil | 55.36 | 73.00 | 38.00 | 0.5 |
| Brunei Darussalam | 42.53 | 28.00 | ||
| Bulgaria | 59.12 | 79.00 | 42.00 | 0.54 |
| Burkina Faso | 73.12 | 53.00 | 42.00 | 0.5 |
| Burundi | 55.74 | 14.00 | 19.00 | |
| Cambodia | 43.48 | 24.00 | 23.00 | 0.32 |
| Cameroon | 49.10 | 15.00 | 27.00 | 0.35 |
| Canada | 81.74 | 98.00 | 74.00 | 0.8 |
| Cape Verde | 75.37 | 92.00 | 58.00 | |
| Central African Republic | 56.96 | 7.00 | 24.00 | |
| Chad | 56.18 | 15.00 | 20.00 | |
| Chile | 60.61 | 94.00 | 67.00 | 0.66 |
| China | 25.17 | 9.00 | 45.00 | 0.47 |
| Colombia | 42.43 | 64.00 | 39.00 | 0.49 |
| Comoros | 60.16 | 42.00 | 20.00 | |
| Costa Rica | 85.92 | 91.00 | 58.00 | 0.68 |
| Crimea | 7.00 | |||
| Croatia | 70.42 | 85.00 | 47.00 | 0.61 |
| Cuba | 27.32 | 12.00 | 46.00 | |
| Cyprus | 65.97 | 93.00 | 53.00 | 0.68 |
| Czech Republic | 80.54 | 91.00 | 54.00 | 0.73 |
| Côte d'Ivoire | 74.46 | 49.00 | 36.00 | 0.45 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 47.66 | 19.00 | 19.00 | 0.35 |
| Denmark | 90.27 | 97.00 | 88.00 | 0.9 |
| Djibouti | 35.75 | 24.00 | 30.00 | |
| Dominica | 93.00 | 55.00 | 0.58 | |
| Dominican Republic | 76.90 | 68.00 | 30.00 | 0.48 |
| Eastern Donbas | 4.00 | |||
| Ecuador | 64.61 | 71.00 | 36.00 | 0.48 |
| Egypt | 30.23 | 18.00 | 33.00 | 0.35 |
| El Salvador | 54.09 | 59.00 | 34.00 | 0.48 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 43.96 | 5.00 | 17.00 | |
| Eritrea | 19.62 | 3.00 | 22.00 | |
| Estonia | 88.83 | 94.00 | 74.00 | 0.81 |
| Ethiopia | 50.53 | 23.00 | 39.00 | 0.41 |
| Federated States of Micronesia | 92.00 | |||
| Fiji | 56.91 | 58.00 | 55.00 | |
| Finland | 88.42 | 100.00 | 88.00 | 0.88 |
| France | 78.53 | 89.00 | 71.00 | 0.72 |
| Gabon | 56.00 | 21.00 | 31.00 | |
| Gaza Strip | 11.00 | |||
| Georgia | 59.30 | 58.00 | 55.00 | 0.61 |
| Germany | 82.04 | 94.00 | 80.00 | 0.84 |
| Ghana | 67.43 | 80.00 | 43.00 | 0.55 |
| Greece | 55.52 | 87.00 | 49.00 | 0.61 |
| Grenada | 89.00 | 53.00 | 0.59 | |
| Guatemala | 47.94 | 51.00 | 25.00 | 0.44 |
| Guinea | 59.82 | 34.00 | 25.00 | 0.41 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 58.79 | 43.00 | 21.00 | |
| Guyana | 76.41 | 73.00 | 39.00 | 0.5 |
| Haiti | 64.55 | 33.00 | 20.00 | 0.38 |
| Honduras | 34.61 | 47.00 | 23.00 | 0.39 |
| Hong Kong | 41.64 | 43.00 | 76.00 | 0.75 |
| Hungary | 59.80 | 69.00 | 43.00 | 0.52 |
| Iceland | 82.69 | 94.00 | 74.00 | |
| India | 41.00 | 66.00 | 40.00 | 0.5 |
| Indian Kashmir | 27.00 | |||
| Indonesia | 49.27 | 59.00 | 38.00 | 0.52 |
| Iran | 23.22 | 14.00 | 25.00 | 0.42 |
| Iraq | 28.59 | 29.00 | 23.00 | |
| Ireland | 88.30 | 97.00 | 74.00 | 0.81 |
| Israel | 59.62 | 76.00 | 59.00 | |
| Italy | 68.16 | 90.00 | 56.00 | 0.66 |
| Jamaica | 83.35 | 80.00 | 44.00 | 0.57 |
| Japan | 64.37 | 96.00 | 73.00 | 0.79 |
| Jordan | 48.66 | 33.00 | 49.00 | 0.55 |
| Kazakhstan | 48.28 | 23.00 | 37.00 | 0.52 |
| Kenya | 64.59 | 48.00 | 30.00 | 0.44 |
| Kiribati | 93.00 | |||
| Kosovo | 67.00 | 56.00 | 39.00 | 0.55 |
| Kuwait | 37.87 | 37.00 | 43.00 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 64.25 | 27.00 | 27.00 | 0.47 |
| Lao PDR | 36.64 | 13.00 | 30.00 | |
| Latvia | 79.17 | 88.00 | 59.00 | 0.71 |
| Lebanon | 46.58 | 42.00 | 24.00 | 0.45 |
| Lesotho | 59.39 | 63.00 | 38.00 | |
| Liberia | 62.77 | 60.00 | 29.00 | 0.44 |
| Libya | 43.16 | 9.00 | 17.00 | |
| Liechtenstein | 84.03 | 90.00 | ||
| Lithuania | 84.14 | 89.00 | 61.00 | 0.75 |
| Luxembourg | 79.81 | 97.00 | 81.00 | 0.83 |
| Madagascar | 58.02 | 61.00 | 26.00 | 0.44 |
| Malawi | 61.40 | 66.00 | 35.00 | 0.52 |
| Malaysia | 51.55 | 50.00 | 48.00 | 0.57 |
| Maldives | 59.55 | 40.00 | 40.00 | |
| Mali | 54.48 | 32.00 | 29.00 | 0.43 |
| Malta | 61.55 | 89.00 | 54.00 | 0.68 |
| Marshall Islands | 93.00 | |||
| Mauritania | 58.10 | 35.00 | 28.00 | 0.36 |
| Mauritius | 66.07 | 86.00 | 54.00 | 0.61 |
| Mexico | 47.57 | 60.00 | 31.00 | 0.43 |
| Moldova | 73.47 | 62.00 | 36.00 | 0.51 |
| Monaco | 84.00 | |||
| Mongolia | 59.17 | 84.00 | 35.00 | 0.54 |
| Montenegro | 66.54 | 67.00 | 46.00 | |
| Morocco | 45.42 | 37.00 | 39.00 | 0.49 |
| Mozambique | 49.89 | 43.00 | 26.00 | 0.4 |
| Myanmar | 25.03 | 9.00 | 28.00 | 0.39 |
| Nagorno-Karabakh | 36.00 | |||
| Namibia | 81.84 | 77.00 | 49.00 | 0.62 |
| Nauru | 77.00 | |||
| Nepal | 62.67 | 57.00 | 33.00 | 0.52 |
| Netherlands | 77.93 | 97.00 | 82.00 | 0.83 |
| New Zealand | 83.54 | 99.00 | 88.00 | 0.83 |
| Nicaragua | 37.09 | 23.00 | 20.00 | 0.38 |
| Niger | 67.80 | 51.00 | 31.00 | 0.44 |
| Nigeria | 46.79 | 43.00 | 24.00 | 0.41 |
| North Korea | 13.92 | 3.00 | 16.00 | |
| North Macedonia | 68.44 | 67.00 | 39.00 | 0.53 |
| Northern Cyprus | 61.08 | 77.00 | ||
| Norway | 92.65 | 100.00 | 85.00 | 0.9 |
| OECS | 68.49 | |||
| Oman | 35.99 | 24.00 | 52.00 | |
| Pakistan | 37.99 | 37.00 | 28.00 | 0.39 |
| Pakistani Kashmir | 29.00 | |||
| Palau | 92.00 | |||
| Palestine | 28.98 | |||
| Panama | 62.78 | 83.00 | 36.00 | 0.52 |
| Papua New Guinea | 66.66 | 62.00 | 31.00 | |
| Paraguay | 58.36 | 65.00 | 30.00 | 0.48 |
| Peru | 61.75 | 72.00 | 36.00 | 0.49 |
| Philippines | 41.84 | 55.00 | 33.00 | 0.46 |
| Poland | 65.64 | 81.00 | 56.00 | 0.64 |
| Portugal | 87.07 | 95.00 | 62.00 | 0.7 |
| Qatar | 49.03 | 25.00 | 63.00 | |
| Republic of Congo | 58.64 | 17.00 | 21.00 | 0.42 |
| Romania | 68.46 | 83.00 | 45.00 | 0.63 |
| Russia | 38.82 | 19.00 | 29.00 | 0.46 |
| Rwanda | 45.18 | 22.00 | 53.00 | 0.62 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 89.00 | 0.63 | ||
| Saint Lucia | 92.00 | 56.00 | 0.62 | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 91.00 | 59.00 | 0.64 | |
| Samoa | 71.39 | 83.00 | ||
| San Marino | 93.00 | |||
| Saudi Arabia | 33.71 | 7.00 | 53.00 | |
| Senegal | 63.07 | 68.00 | 43.00 | 0.55 |
| Serbia | 61.51 | 62.00 | 38.00 | 0.49 |
| Seychelles | 83.33 | 79.00 | 70.00 | |
| Sierra Leone | 71.03 | 65.00 | 34.00 | 0.44 |
| Singapore | 44.23 | 47.00 | 85.00 | 0.78 |
| Slovakia | 78.37 | 90.00 | 52.00 | 0.66 |
| Slovenia | 68.54 | 90.00 | 57.00 | 0.68 |
| Solomon Islands | 79.00 | 43.00 | ||
| Somalia | 44.01 | 7.00 | 13.00 | |
| Somaliland | 49.00 | |||
| South Africa | 75.56 | 79.00 | 44.00 | 0.58 |
| South Korea | 72.11 | 83.00 | 62.00 | 0.74 |
| South Ossetia | 11.00 | |||
| South Sudan | 47.06 | 1.00 | 11.00 | |
| Spain | 76.71 | 90.00 | 61.00 | 0.73 |
| Sri Lanka | 42.13 | 55.00 | 37.00 | 0.5 |
| Sudan | 40.96 | 10.00 | 20.00 | 0.42 |
| Suriname | 68.95 | 79.00 | 39.00 | 0.49 |
| Swaziland | 46.42 | 17.00 | 32.00 | |
| Sweden | 88.84 | 100.00 | 85.00 | 0.86 |
| Switzerland | 82.72 | 96.00 | 84.00 | |
| Syria | 28.94 | 1.00 | 13.00 | |
| São Tomé and Principe | 84.00 | 45.00 | ||
| Taiwan | 74.08 | 94.00 | 68.00 | |
| Tajikistan | 40.26 | 8.00 | 25.00 | |
| Tanzania | 48.28 | 34.00 | 39.00 | 0.47 |
| Thailand | 50.15 | 29.00 | 35.00 | 0.5 |
| The Gambia | 69.25 | 47.00 | 37.00 | 0.49 |
| Tibet | 1.00 | |||
| Timor-Leste | 81.89 | 72.00 | 41.00 | |
| Togo | 57.17 | 42.00 | 30.00 | 0.45 |
| Tonga | 69.74 | 79.00 | ||
| Transnistria | 18.00 | |||
| Trinidad and Tobago | 78.68 | 82.00 | 41.00 | 0.53 |
| Tunisia | 58.49 | 64.00 | 44.00 | 0.53 |
| Turkey | 41.25 | 32.00 | 38.00 | 0.42 |
| Turkmenistan | 25.01 | 2.00 | 19.00 | |
| Tuvalu | 93.00 | |||
| Uganda | 46.35 | 34.00 | 27.00 | 0.39 |
| Ukraine | 55.76 | 61.00 | 32.00 | 0.51 |
| United Arab Emirates | 44.46 | 17.00 | 69.00 | 0.64 |
| United Kingdom | 78.71 | 93.00 | 78.00 | 0.79 |
| United States | 72.74 | 83.00 | 67.00 | 0.69 |
| Uruguay | 72.03 | 97.00 | 73.00 | 0.71 |
| Uzbekistan | 45.74 | 11.00 | 28.00 | 0.49 |
| Vanuatu | 82.00 | 45.00 | ||
| Venezuela | 37.78 | 14.00 | 14.00 | 0.27 |
| Vietnam | 26.11 | 19.00 | 39.00 | 0.49 |
| West Bank | 23.00 | |||
| Western Sahara | 45.42 | 4.00 | ||
| Yemen | 29.14 | 9.00 | 16.00 | |
| Zambia | 55.40 | 51.00 | 33.00 | 0.44 |
| Zimbabwe | 44.94 | 28.00 | 23.00 | 0.39 |
| Country | Press Index Score | Freedom Index Score | CPI Score | Law Index Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albania | 56.41 | 67.00 | 35.00 | 0.49 |
| Andorra | 68.79 | 93.00 | ||
| Austria | 76.74 | 93.00 | 74.00 | 0.81 |
| Belarus | 39.62 | 8.00 | 41.00 | 0.48 |
| Belgium | 78.86 | 96.00 | 73.00 | 0.79 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 65.64 | 53.00 | 35.00 | 0.52 |
| Bulgaria | 59.12 | 79.00 | 42.00 | 0.54 |
| Croatia | 70.42 | 85.00 | 47.00 | 0.61 |
| Czech Republic | 80.54 | 91.00 | 54.00 | 0.73 |
| Denmark | 90.27 | 97.00 | 88.00 | 0.9 |
| Estonia | 88.83 | 94.00 | 74.00 | 0.81 |
| Finland | 88.42 | 100.00 | 88.00 | 0.88 |
| France | 78.53 | 89.00 | 71.00 | 0.72 |
| Germany | 82.04 | 94.00 | 80.00 | 0.84 |
| Greece | 55.52 | 87.00 | 49.00 | 0.61 |
| Hungary | 59.80 | 69.00 | 43.00 | 0.52 |
| Iceland | 82.69 | 94.00 | 74.00 | |
| Ireland | 88.30 | 97.00 | 74.00 | 0.81 |
| Italy | 68.16 | 90.00 | 56.00 | 0.66 |
| Latvia | 79.17 | 88.00 | 59.00 | 0.71 |
| Liechtenstein | 84.03 | 90.00 | ||
| Lithuania | 84.14 | 89.00 | 61.00 | 0.75 |
| Luxembourg | 79.81 | 97.00 | 81.00 | 0.83 |
| Malta | 61.55 | 89.00 | 54.00 | 0.68 |
| Moldova | 73.47 | 62.00 | 36.00 | 0.51 |
| Montenegro | 66.54 | 67.00 | 46.00 | |
| Netherlands | 77.93 | 97.00 | 82.00 | 0.83 |
| North Macedonia | 68.44 | 67.00 | 39.00 | 0.53 |
| Norway | 92.65 | 100.00 | 85.00 | 0.9 |
| Poland | 65.64 | 81.00 | 56.00 | 0.64 |
| Portugal | 87.07 | 95.00 | 62.00 | 0.7 |
| Romania | 68.46 | 83.00 | 45.00 | 0.63 |
| Russia | 38.82 | 19.00 | 29.00 | 0.46 |
| Serbia | 61.51 | 62.00 | 38.00 | 0.49 |
| Slovakia | 78.37 | 90.00 | 52.00 | 0.66 |
| Slovenia | 68.54 | 90.00 | 57.00 | 0.68 |
| Spain | 76.71 | 90.00 | 61.00 | 0.73 |
| Sweden | 88.84 | 100.00 | 85.00 | 0.86 |
| Switzerland | 82.72 | 96.00 | 84.00 | |
| Ukraine | 55.76 | 61.00 | 32.00 | 0.51 |
| United Kingdom | 78.71 | 93.00 | 78.00 | 0.79 |